 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...against the emergency as great as the power that would he given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. For the trust reposed in me I will return... | |
 | Edward R. Kantowicz - 1999 - 532 pages
...failed to act, "I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet...Executive power to wage a war against the emergency." Eleanor Roosevelt, who often acted as her crippled husband's eyes and ears, shuddered when the crowd... | |
 | Karl J. Mayer - 1999 - 296 pages
...der für sich „broad executive powers to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the powers that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe" reklamierte,71 im demokratischen Kampf der „checks and balances" erhalten würde. In Paris erwartete... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time. I can do... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 pages
...emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. 1 shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time. I can do... | |
 | Maxwell Bloomfield - 2000 - 236 pages
...package of alternative measures, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. . . . The people of the United States have not failed. In their need they have registered a mandate... | |
 | Eugene Schroder, Micki Nellis - 2000 - 254 pages
...their deposits of gold. In his inaugural address, Roosevelt said he would not hesitate to call for "broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency,...to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe." He was talking about war and emergency powers, which the constitution provided for in case of rebellion... | |
 | Fred I. Greenstein - 2001 - 288 pages
...initiation. Roosevelt's warning that if the legislature failed to act, he would seek executive power "as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe" heralded a quantum increase in autonomous presidential policymaking. Roosevelt's formal addresses were... | |
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I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis — broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. 
