Complements Quotes
They made excellent soldiers for the Roman Army.
The Spanish Military Dictator Francisco Franco had supporters despite his Civil War that was the destruction of democracy in Spain and the slaughter of many of Franco’s opponents. He allied with Nazi Fascist Germany and Italy and allowed the German Air Force to test the aerial bombing of populated cities for the first time in history. The Spanish Aristocracy and the Roman Catholic Church were strong supporters of Franco while volunteers came from every other country in Europe to try and defeat the Fascists as WWII was around the corner if they were not stopped. An entire brigade of Americans—the Abraham Lincoln Brigade—came to support the Spanish Republicans but Franco and his Fascist allies had much more modern weaponry including total air supremacy thanks to Nazi Germany.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
The lightening referred to as Franklin’s famous electrical experiments whereby he saved millions of lives by inventing the lightening rod which he gave freely to all and did not try to patent it. For the French, he was by far, the greatest of the Americans.
Kennedy himself was a master trader and negotiator. This was a facet of FDR that most people at the time missed. FDR was always so jovial and friendly, and had staff do all his dirty work, that many people underestimated FDR in many ways. See {609696}. And {615600}.
Describing Abraham Lincoln as he placed his name in a losing nomination for the Presidency:
Everett, considered a great orator, spoke at Gettysburg before Lincoln, but he went on for 2 hours. Hardly anyone recalls his speech. His complement was contemporary praise indeed and right on in the view of Americans of future generations.
At the time, the President wanted to get Chiang to fight aggressively against to Japanese when he was taking large amounts of American monetary aid and military equipment but using it to try and exterminate Mao and his Communists who were fighting the Japanese. FDR was clearly trying to flatter Chiang and his wife and gain political points with the China Lobby but it is not known whether or not he really believed this and other statements. Chiang was a vicious, cruel, corrupt military dictator but he had become a “Christian” and always spoke of the importance of democracy of which there was none in China. Our intelligence from China was very bad at the time, with the secret reports of General Stillwell (the senior American military man in China) and that of a few state department China hands were in total contradiction to the Public information that the President was receiving from Henry Luce and his Time Magazine and the large China Lobby, much of which was ironically paid for with the American AID money given to China. So it is not known whether Roosevelt actually believed this and other statements or was just being diplomatic.
He was particularly referring to teh fact that President Obama was very much a long term thinker where whenever policy opetions were considered, he anted to know what teh consequences migh be not just in the present year, but the following year, and the years and even decades after that. In contrast most polticians tend to be dominated by the short term consequences of the alternatives before them.. In checkers, players don't have to think too far ahead but in chess it is essential. Players have been known toi resign games that they would not lose for another 7 moves but lose it they would.
Hitler neither smoked tobacco or drank alcohol. They appear to have been his only virtues.
Donavan not only developed America’s Espionage Capacity by building the OSS in WWII, but he commanded the “Fighting 69th Regiment” most decorated in WWI. Donavan had personally also won the Medal of Honor.
This quotation was documented by an FBI illegal wiretap of King and his associates. The illegal wiretap had been insisted upon by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover who was a racist and somewhat of a paranoid about communists. However, Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy personally approved the illegal wiretap.
Tim Russert had worked on the Senator’s staff.
China, in the last – less than half a century, has become one of the great democracies of the world.
At the time, the President wanted to get Chiang to fight aggressively against to Japanese when he was taking large amounts of American monetary aid and military equipment but using it to try and exterminate Mao and his Communists who were fighting the Japanese. FDR was clearly trying to flatter Chiang and his wife and gain political points with the China Lobby but it is not known whether or not he really believed this and other statements. Chiang was a vicious, cruel, corrupt military dictator but he had become a “Christian” and always spoke of the importance of democracy of which there was none in China. Our intelligence from China was very bad at the time, with the secret reports of General Stillwell (the senior American military man in China) and that of a few state department China hands were in total contradiction to the Public information that the President was receiving from Henry Luce and his Time Magazine and the large China Lobby, much of which was ironically paid for with the American AID money given to China. So it is not known whether Roosevelt actually believed this and other statements or was just being diplomatic.
Lauding Senator John McCain who announced that he had been diagnosed with a blastoma--a particularly virulent form of cancer, was lauded by people theorughtout the country.
