Richard Henry Dana Quotes
The most striking thing is the absence of personal loyalty to the President. He has no admirers, no enthusiastic supporters, none to bet on his head.
Commenting on the status of the Lincoln administration in 1864:
Richard Henry Dana, 1815-1882, Writer & Co-founder, Free Soil Party, Quoted in Donald, Lincoln Reconsidered, 1961
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During his campaign for the Senate against Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln adopted a tactic of showing up everywhere his opponent gave a speech and talked to the crowd afterward.
Seeger had been a Communist in his youth and left the Party after Stalin’s excesses were disclosed, but he always espoused liberal causes like civil rights, rights of labor, freedom of speech and he was against the Vietnam War. Critics always accused him of hating America because he found fault with so much. See {639853} for more of his views on the subject.
He was asked if he supported President Donald Trump, whose first 100 days was in the view of most political analysts, historians and many politicians--almost all Democrats and even many Republicans to be one of the worst on record. His popular approval rating was the worst after 100 days than any other President since support polls had been started. Kasich had stringly opposed Trup in the 2016 election. His answer reflected his view that al should support whatever president was in office even thought they might at the same to be very critical and opuitspoken about his weaknesses and failings. The President is everyone's President even though he may not act like it.
Richard Henry Dana Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen.
