A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-16-06....Know Your Presidents

61 posted on 05/16/2006 1:08:35 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

62 posted on 05/16/2006 1:10:44 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

To: Purple Mountains Maj

63 posted on 05/16/2006 1:13:25 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

To: Diver Dave; The Mayor; Warthogtjm; MEG33; Texagirl4W; feinswinesuksass; EsmeraldaA; JustAmy; ...

Along these same lines.....

In times of war and peace, our leaders
inspired us to pull together as
one nation - and to prevail

Ronald Reagan's
Address to the Nation
The Day of the Challenger Disaster
January 28, 1986

The President eloquently consoled a grieving nation, reminding us that fallen heros can be honored by keeping their mission alive.

"We've grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that...we're still pioneers. They, the members of the Challenger crew were pioneers. And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle's takeoff...Sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the process of exploration...The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them...[They] honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved good-bye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.'"

George W. Bush's
Address to Congress and the Nation
In the Aftermath of 9/11
September 20, 2001

Unbowed by a new and deadly enemy, the President readied us for the war on terror ahead and reminded us of our values.

"We are a Country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has turned to anger and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done....I ask you to uphold the values of America, and remember why so many have come here. We're in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them.

No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith...I know there are struggles ahead and changes to face. But this country will define our times, not be defined by them. As long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will not be an age of terror; this will be an age of liberty, here and across the world....

It is my hope that in the months and years ahead, life will return almost to normal. We'll go back to our lives and routines, and that is good. Even grief recedes with time and grace. But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remember what happened that day, and to whom it happened. We'll remember the moment the news came, where we were and what we were doing....I will not forget the wound to our country and those who inflicted it. I will not yield, I will not rest, I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutal between them. Fellow citizens, we'll meet violence with patient justice, assured of the rightness of our cause and confident of the victories to come. In all that lies before us, may God grant us wisdom, and may He watch over the United States of America."

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64 posted on 05/16/2006 1:16:30 PM PDT by Billie

Wonderful, Billie. I feel so fortunate to have George Bush for my President and so grateful for Reagan's leadership,too.

65 posted on 05/16/2006 1:22:30 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

Very moving V O P table...Thank you!

66 posted on 05/16/2006 1:28:57 PM PDT by Majie Purple

A don't miss out on seeing this Thread ping!

67 posted on 05/16/2006 1:30:51 PM PDT by Majie Purple

To: Billie; JustAmy; MEG33; Mama_Bear; Purple Mountains Maj; GodBlessUSA; All

Wow!! Your Table in #64 is Incredible, (((((Billie)))))!! Thank you for this Thread!!

I Respect, Admire, and Love Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Reagan, Bush Sr., and our Current President, George W. Bush! Lori, Amy, Meg, and Purple, I Love your Graphics and Pictures!

My All-Time Favorite Picture of our President is this One, because it Sort of Looks Like him Hugging me, Lol, as a Little Girl! : )

68 posted on 05/16/2006 1:43:22 PM PDT by Kitty Mittens

To: Kitty Mittens

Re: All of your # 68...Thank you! :)

69 posted on 05/16/2006 1:49:37 PM PDT by Majie Purple

To: Billie; DollyCali; Purple Mountains Maj; JustAmy; Kitty Mittens; MEG33; Warthogtjm

Another favorite Reagan quote.

70 posted on 05/16/2006 1:50:26 PM PDT by Mama_Bear (My heroes wear camouflage.)

R. R. Sure had many awesome quotes!

71 posted on 05/16/2006 1:53:47 PM PDT by Majie Purple

To: Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; ST.LOUIE1; JustAmy; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; Colonel_Flagg; snugs; ..

A GOOD MAN

There is such a thing as evil in this world and such a thing as good. It is simply not true that all is relative and similar. Beheading Iraqi civilians with a saw on the Internet is absolutely evil. Helping children in Mosul get pure water is absolute good. Sending homicide bombers to blow up elementary schools at a kibbutz is evil. Treating the children of your enemies in the finest hospitals in Israel is good.

In Europe and Asia and South America and in much of North America, this idea is unknown. All is relative and the only point is to get away another day without having the evil ones attack you. Appeasing the terrorists, ignoring them and their instigators, pretending that the good guys are the bad guys -- all of these are now standard practice in the capitals of the world, and in the academies of America and in the Democratic Party at high levels.

THERE IS ONE GREAT MAN STANDING BETWEEN US AND THIS CAPITULATION TO EVIL: THAT MAN IS GEORGE BUSH, and he has two great allies, Tony Blair and John Howard. If we did not have George Bush at the helm, if we had a moral relativist like Kerry or Gore, we would even now be playing the same appeasing games as Chamberlain played with Hitler, and which France and Germany, Spain and Italy, Norway and Belgium, tragically, even Canada, play with the enemies of the human spirit.

~~~~~Ben Stein~~~~~
08-05

72 posted on 05/16/2006 2:02:42 PM PDT by luvie (A free Iraq . ... will serve as an amazing example for people who are desperate for freedom! GWB)

73 posted on 05/16/2006 2:03:18 PM PDT by PreviouslyA-Lurker (...where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18)

To: feinswinesuksass

Here's another good one from Teddy:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

"Citizenship in a Republic,"

Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

74 posted on 05/16/2006 2:12:15 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson ("I see storms on the horizon")

To: Stonewall Jackson

I grew up near Manassas and toured the battlefield at Bull Run many times.

"There stands Jackson like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!"

75 posted on 05/16/2006 4:46:49 PM PDT by Feiny (Now go bang your heads on your desks until something useful comes out!)

To: All; Stonewall Jackson; Billie; Mama_Bear; dutchess; DollyCali; LadyX; tuliptree76; ...

On this day in White House History:

May 16, 1797

President John Adams, the second President, sends the first war message to Congress. The message recommends military preparations for a war against France, but war is not declared.

Born: October 30 1735 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Died: July 4, 1826 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

July 4, 1826, he whispered his last words: "Thomas Jefferson survives."
But Jefferson had died at Monticello a few hours earlier.

76 posted on 05/16/2006 5:32:35 PM PDT by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)

To: DollyCali; feinswinesuksass; Billie

Hi Dolly! I hope you and our friends are well. I've been insanely busy of late, and just now busting into some free time. Thanks for the ping and the plug!

Billie, I'm so glad for this thread, for you've done a wonderful job. I'm always pleased to see the constant and upright amongst us yet standing for principle and their President.

feinswinesuksass, you manage an impressive history of Presidents. You might include in your quotations collection the following from one of my favorites, Calvin Coolidge:

The functions which the Congress are to discharge are not those of local government but of national government. The greatest solicitude should be exercised to prevent any encroachment upon the rights of the states or their various political subdivisions. Local self-government is one of our most precious possessions. It is the greatest contributing factor to the stability, strength, liberty, and progress of the nation. It ought not to be infringed by assault or undermined by purchase. It ought not to abdicate power through weakness or resign its authority through favor. It does not at all follow that because abuses exist it is the concern of the federal government to attempt their reform.
- Calvin Coolidge, Dec. 1925, Message to Congress

Or this, when he was asked if he would say anything at a fair he was to attend:

No, I am just going as an exhibit.

Taft started that line of thought earlier with,

I have learned that in the opinion of the American people one of the chief functions of the President of the United States is to increase the box receipts and the sale of excursion tickets.

77 posted on 05/16/2006 6:13:40 PM PDT by nicollo (All economics are politics)

To: Stonewall Jackson; feinswinesuksass; Republicanprofessor

Here's my favorite TR quotation: Upon viewing the Marcel Duchamp painting, "Nude Descending the Staircase," at the famed Armory Show of 1913, he remarked:

Obviously mammalian but not necessarily human

78 posted on 05/16/2006 6:15:40 PM PDT by nicollo (All economics are politics)

Just returned from a trip to my moms house and found this fantastic thread on our Presidents!
My favorites are George Washington, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

79 posted on 05/16/2006 6:31:58 PM PDT by Aquamarine

To: Billie; All; JustAmy; The Mayor; DollyCali; Purple Mountains Maj; MEG33; Mama_Bear

Great thread, Billie, thanks.

One of my favorite pics:

80 posted on 05/16/2006 8:23:15 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul

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