The speech, best remembered for its mention of his dog Checkers, generated an outpouring of emotion unprecedented in the history of American presidential elections. How did Nixon work such magic? And ...
A Republican congressman from Illinois told Nixon that he would reluctantly support the president's budget, "but I'm going to have to burn up a lot of old speeches denouncing deficit spending." ...
And then Senators came on the air, and Nixon's opponent in the '68 campaign, Hubert Humphrey, the ageing Democratic liberal, said, incredibly, 'that it was a noble speech on the highest level of ...
The address delivered last night strongly resembled Nixon's first Vietnam policy speech in May. At that time, the President ruled out one-sided withdrawal or "disguised American defeat." ...
While the voting group represented only a small portion of Duke’s 606-member faculty at the time, the decision prompted Nixon to withdraw from the event and instead give a commencement speech at ...
Data show that recent presidents especially have started their terms with unifying language. Words like "together," "us," "America," and "Americans" have all made significant appearances in inaugural ...
The speech, best remembered for its mention of his dog Checkers, generated an outpouring of emotion unprecedented in the history of American presidential elections. How did Nixon work such magic?