1920s, First State of the Union Address (1923)
Context: Already a considerable sum is appropriated to give the negroes vocational training in agriculture. About half a million dollars is recommended for medical courses at Howard University to help contribute to the education of 500 colored doctors needed each year. On account of the integration of large numbers into industrial centers, it has been proposed that a commission be created, composed of members from both races, to formulate a better policy for mutual understanding and confidence. Such an effort is to be commended. Everyone would rejoice in the accomplishment of the results which it seeks. But it is well to recognize that these difficulties are to a large extent local problems which must be worked out by the mutual forbearance and human kindness of each community. Such a method gives much more promise of a real remedy than outside interference.
2010s, Europe at the Edge of the Abyss (2016)
Source: Poverty (1912), p. 26-27
Context: From the facts of distress, as given, and from opinions formed, both as a charity agent and as a Settlement worker, I should not be at all surprised if the number of those in poverty in New York, as well as in other large cities and industrial centers, rarely fell below 25 per cent of all the people.
1900s, First Annual Message to Congress (1901)
"History of the Riley Game Cooperative, 1931-1939" [1940]; Published in For the Health of the Land, J. Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle (eds.), 1999, p. 189.
1940s
“My understanding is that the KKK doesn't even ban members by race… [and] has less racist bylaws.”
2005-09-27
White GOP lawmaker compares Tennessee black lawmakers to the KKK
Matt
Gouras
AP/Florida Times-Union
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/092705/D8CSS0H09.shtml
Regarding his two requests to join Tennessee's legislative Black Caucus being rejected.
“I'll accept commissions from anyone who isn't frightened by my proposals.”
The AD100 Architectural Digest (January 2000), v. 57 #1, p. 48.
1960s, Farewell address (1961)
1920s, Second State of the Union Address (1924)
Lien Chan (2013) cited in " Inside China: Taiwan VIP’s pilgrimage to Beijing https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/7/in-china-taiwan-vips-pilgrimage-to-beijing/" on The Washington Times, 7 March 2013
Post-Presidency, Nobel lecture (2002)
Context: Ladies and gentlemen: Twelve years ago, President Mikhail Gorbachev received your recognition for his preeminent role in ending the Cold War that had lasted fifty years. But instead of entering a millennium of peace, the world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place. The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect. There is a plethora of civil wars, unrestrained by rules of the Geneva Convention, within which an overwhelming portion of the casualties are unarmed civilians who have no ability to defend themselves. And recent appalling acts of terrorism have reminded us that no nations, even superpowers, are invulnerable. It is clear that global challenges must be met with an emphasis on peace, in harmony with others, with strong alliances and international consensus.
