Ronald Reagan Quotes

J. Edgar Hoover, the racist FBI Director, and the Chief of Police of the all white Washington DC Police Force, had made phone calls and sent memos to as many important people they could reach, warning that there was bound to be violence if 100,00 militant Blacks tried to march on Washington. There were twice that number planned for by Bayard Rustin, the man in charge of the March planning, but 250,000 showed up. There were very few incidents and no injuries and deaths as a result of some brilliant planning by Rustin and the cooperation of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy—the President’s brother—with Rustin. However, the fear spread by Hoover and others caused the major league baseball games to be cancelled, liquor stores to be closed, stores and offices throughout the city were intimidated and closed. But it was one of the best organized and peaceful social/political demonstrations in history.

Hirsh had uncovered CIA illegal surveillance of anti Vietnam war protesters in the late 1960s. They broke two sets of laws. First, the CIA had no authority to investigate and track American Citizens anywhere but particularly American citizens. Second, the FBI which did have the authority to investigate Americans, were not allowed to use the methods that the CIA did. They violated not only Federal Law and Rules, but also violated the 4th Amendment Rights of thousands of citizens.

Defending his administration and the Chicago police against the charge that they used excessive force and caused a police riot during the Democratic National Convention of 1968:

Shortly after, he backed off the notion of having a bloodbath removing protesting students.

The law enforcement officers were the ones who broke the law when they beat and brutalized the peaceful civil rights marchers. The “white niggers” refer to the white marchers including clergy.

Armenia has no tradition for freedom of speech and assembly, and little respect for Human Rights. This quotation illustrates what many of our American lawmakers were concerned with when they prohibited the military from being used domestically against civilians. When a national Guard Unit is called up, the Pentagon no longer controls the soldier but the State Governor and his State National Guard Commander have the command and control.

Earlier, a virtually all white police force in nearby 67% Black Ferguson, had shot an unarmed black young man who was 20 feet away with his hands up, 7 times killing him and then leaving the body uncovered on the street for over 4 hours. Many people of all races began to peacefully demonstrate in Ferguson and were met with military assault weapons pointed at them and military armored vehicles, with the police illegally (as later determined by the courts) were interfering with the right to protest. The demonstrations turned to riots and there was looting and arson of business establishments. The demonstrations started to spread to nearby St. Louis and other cities as the news spread. While the Ferguson officials had behaved so badly and stupidly, the St. Louis mayor exhibited democratic leadership that was an example for others. Slay was then a 4 term mayor, being reelected more than any other mayor in St. Louis history, and was one of the outstanding politicians in America.

Outside the convention, there were demonstrations against the Vietnam War. The Police of Chicago under the direction of Mayor Daily tried to break up the demonstrations and created what the Kener investigation called a “police riot.” The techniques the Chicago police used were those similar to those of dictatorships and many of the delegates could see what was really going on outside via TV sets in their hotel rooms.

The demonstration was on August 8, 1643. There are several important aspects to this quotation. First, it shows that a peace movement is not only a creature of modern times. Second, that women were actively involved in political protests and demonstrations in 17th century England. Last, that the police of the time behaved as brutally as many police forces do in later centuries in putting down and surpressing demonstrations.

There were ongoing protests over the Vietnam war in many universities throughout the country. Agnew and some others thought that protests and demonstrations were not an appropriate method of maintaining a national discussion on the subject.

Johnson rued that the Governor and other authorities of Alabama could not block or harass the Civil rights protesters.

The general had reported to the Czar that he had peacefully dissipated a protesting mob without firing a shot. The Czar felt that the absence of shooting and killing protesters would simply encourage more protests. See {613675}.

A very passionate minority of India’s Muslims demanded a separate Islamic State (what would become Pakistan) but Hindu’s and Muslims were mixed throughout India and many Indians and British were concerned that there would be a bloodbath if the plans for independence went forward. Gandhi desperately tried to avoid violence but thought that independence was so important that the sectarian violence should not be an excuse for continued British rule. Unfortunately, millions of Indians were killed in the riots and ethnic cleansing and revenge that followed independence. Since then there has been much second guessing on how else the situation might have been handled.

The Union government had resorted to printing Greenbacks {619940} to finance the war. However, that left two different U. S. currencies in circulation, and speculators soon began buying one and selling the other as the Greenback ‘market’ flourished or sank with the results of each battle. This caused substantial economic dislocation in the Northern Economy and was thought to be of great help to General Lee’s war effort. Lincoln had little charity toward the speculators.

Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan that was treated as a second class area by the Pakistan government. Some Bengalis in Dhaka demonstrated in protest and many were murdered by the Pakistani military and security forces. Rahman called on the government to right the situation. Nothing happened and finally Bangladesh revolted and gained their independence.

It is not known whether Agamemnon ever existed other than in Greek legends. The “quotation” comes to us from Homer’s Iliad which itself was based on oral histories before and itself was oral for years before it was written. So the dialogue may be written by Homer. However, if real, was the earliest reference to genocide. The photograph is of a mask believed to be of the period but there is no certainty is was the King even though was associated with him by Heinrich Schliemann—the 19th century archeologist who found the object.

He was arguing that the government should be able to prohibit public demonstrations on the grounds that the protesters are “irresponsible power.” This position has been taken sometimes by the American right, and is common in all totalitarian states.

The Police Commissioner had earlier given the green light to the police to use their clubs brutally and indiscriminately {626665} and afterwards made a statement that has been quoted ever since as he justified violating the Constitution because of their political views—see {626664}.