Emma Lazarus Quotes
Let our first care today be the re-establishment of our physical strength, the reconstruction of our national organism, so that in future, where the respect due to us cannot be won by entreaty, it may be commanded, and where it cannot be commanded, it may be enforced.
Lazarus, Emma. "An Epistle to the Hebrews." The American Hebrew, 1882.
Although born a noble, he was very informal and at his dinners and banquets he sat in different places at the table and not at the traditional head. When asked why, this was his reply. See {632267} for an early Spartan similar view.
Obama was a President who believed deeply in the concepts of checks and balances and separation of powers. He did not punish members of Congress who opposed him by closing federal installations in their state of district, not giving government contracts to companies in his district and in the case of member of his own party who were “recalcitrant” supporting opponent in primary elections and failing to support in general elections. Presidents Nixon and Johnson used these techniques particularly effectively. As a result they pushed their legislative programs through Congress very effectively. All other modern Presidents have done this to one degree or another, but Obama did not. He believed that pressure on member of Congress should be limited to persuasion and public debate moving public opinion. Many seasoned politicians and political observers however thought that this was Obama’s biggest weakness as a President. Lyndon Johnson did not have to actually punish many member of Congress, as his willingness to do so was well known and thus few opposed him when he called or met with them and “gave them the treatment.” But Congress knew that Obama had taken punishment and retaliation off the table, and many opposed him including member of his own party.
This was another of the views of the fascists that drove much of their policies and practices but are demonstrably untrue. The world has many countries that have little power or world respect and yet the people are very happy. Luxemburg, Monaco, Finland and the Baltic Countries are just a few of the counter-examples.
Southern intellectuals at the beginning of the Civil War were convinced of their invincibility. They misjudged both the effect of the industrial and technological might and the moral intensity of the North.
Emma Lazarus was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist for Jewish causes.
