Profiles in courage

Profiles in courage

John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

Book - 2013

Describes the courage and conviction demonstrated by eight great patriots at pivotal moments in American history.

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Subjects
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Courage > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
Biographies.
Genres
Biographies
Published
New York : HarperPerennial Modern Classics 2013.
Language
English
Main Author
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 (-)
Other Authors
Caroline Kennedy, 1957- (-), Robert F. Kennedy, 1925-1968
Edition
First HarperPerennial Modern Classics edition
Physical Description
xxii, 244, 32 pages ; 21 cm
Audience
1410L
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.
ISBN
9780062278791
  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • I. Courage and Politics
  • Part 1. The Time and the Place
  • II. John Quincy Adams
  • "The magistrate is the servant not... of the people, but of his God."
  • Part 2. The Time and the Place
  • III. Daniel Webster
  • "... not as a Massachusetts man... but as an American..."
  • IV. Thomas Hart Benton
  • "I despise the bubble popularity..."
  • V. Sam Houston
  • "... I can forget that I am called a traitor."
  • Part 3. The Time and the Place
  • VI. Edmund G. Ross
  • "I... looked, down into my open grave."
  • VII. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
  • "Today I must be true or fake ..."
  • Part 4. The Time and the Place
  • VIII. George Norris
  • "I have come home to tell you the truth."
  • IX. Robert A. Taft
  • "... liberty of the individual to think his own thoughts..."
  • X. Other Men of Political Courage
  • "...consolation...for the contempt of mankind."
  • XI. The Meaning of Courage
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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