“Our governance is by a gerontocracy. This cataract of history can only be removed by youth. In this common man's century, only the common man can change the profile of this country.”

"Words of the Week" Jet (Sep 4, 1958)

With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
2000s, 2001, First inaugural address (January 2001)

"Spiritualism"
All Things Considered (1908)
Context: It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. No one sees anything funny in a tree falling down. No one sees a delicate absurdity in a stone falling down. No man stops in the road and roars with laughter at the sight of the snow coming down. The fall of thunderbolts is treated with some gravity. The fall of roofs and high buildings is taken seriously. It is only when a man tumbles down that we laugh. Why do we laugh? Because it is a grave religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.

Exsurge Domine (1520)

Source: Eleven Minutes

Interview with the New York Herald
Jay Gould : A Character Sketch (1893)

Letter to George Washington (24 October 1776)

Pt. 7
Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942)

Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)