American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908-January 22, 1973) was the 36th President of the United States, 1963-69; Vice-President under John F. Kennedy, 1961-63, assuming the Presidency upon Kennedy's assassination; initiated the Great Society program of social legislation, passed the Civil Rights Act, escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, 1964; U.S. Senator, 1949- 61, becoming Senate Majority Leader in 1954; Lieutenant Commander, Commander in U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty 1941-45; sent to Pacific as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Representative, 1942, awarded Silver Star Medal; U.S. Representative, 1937-49; Texas Director of the National Youth Administration, a New Deal program of F.D.R., 1935;...

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917-November 22, 1963) was the 35th President of the United States, 1961-63, the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic ever elected to that position; assassinated in Dallas, Texas, November 22, the eighth President to die in office. He promoted space program and moon exploration, sent federal troops to quiet race riots in Birmingham, aided peaceful integration of University of Alabama, 1963; resolved the Cuban-Missile Crisis, 1962; attempted the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion intended to end Communist control in Cuba, formed the Peace Corps, 1961; U.S. Senator, 1953-60; published Profiles in Courage, 1956, which...

Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890-March 25, 1969) the 34th President of the United States, 1953-61; Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, 1950-52; president of Columbia University, 1948-52; U.S. Army Chief of Staff, 1945-48; Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Force, 1944, directing the D-Day invasion of Normandy; Commanding General of Allied Powers in European Theater, 1943, directing invasion of Sicily and Italy; Lieutenant General, Allied Commander in Chief of North Africa, 1942, directing invasion of North Africa; Assistant Chief of Staff to General Marshall, 1942; Brigadier General, 1941; Chief of Staff of Third Division, 1940. He was assigned to...

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884-December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States, 1945-53; Vice-President under Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 20-April 12, 1945; assuming the Presidency upon Roosevelt's death; U.S. Senator, 1934-45; presiding judge for Jackson County Court, Missouri, 1926-34; salesman, manager of building and loan company, 1925-26; judge of the Eastern District; Jackson County Court, Missouri, 1922-24; married Elizabeth "Bess" Virginia Wallace, 1919; Captain during World War I, 1918, in command of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, fighting at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Sommedieu; First Lieutenant in National Guard, 1917; railroad timekeeper, reporter for the Kansas City...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882-April 12, 1945) was the 32nd President of the United States, 1933-45, whose Presidential term spanned over 12 years, the longest of any President; the seventh President to die in office; Governor of New York, 1929-33; stricken with infantile paralysis, 1921; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; New York State Senator, 1911- 13; admitted to bar, 1907; graduated from Columbia Law School, 1907; married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 1905; and graduated from Harvard College, 1904. Franklin Delano Roosevelt descended from Claes Martenssen Van Roosevelt, who emigrated from Holland to New Amsterdam in the 1640's. Franklin's great-great-grandfather,...