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Thought For the Day: The Critical Tests of the Imperial Presidency Are Threefold: the War Making Power; the Secrecy System; and the Employment Against the American People of Emergency Authority Acquired For Use Against Foreign Enemies
“The critical tests of the imperial Presidency are threefold: the war making power; the secrecy system; and the employment against the American people of emergency authority acquired for use against foreign enemies.” – Arthur Schlesinger
First Principles: In Our Private Pursuits It Is A Great Advantage That Every Honest Employment Is Deemed Honorable
“In our private pursuits it is a great advantage that every honest employment is deemed honorable.” – Thomas Jefferson (1795)
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Dealing With the New Deal
American history continues into the 1930s and the Great Depression. Dealing With the New Deal by Michael Doyle Had Coolidge been in power for Wall Street’s fall The safe bet is he would have done little or nothing at all … Continue reading
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First Principles: Steady Employment and Regular Worship Is For the Nation’s Good
“The almost general mediocrity of fortune that prevails in America obliging its people to follow some business for subsistence, those vices, that arise usually from idleness, are in a great measure prevented. Industry and constant employment are great preservatives of … Continue reading
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