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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America, by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury, by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed, by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump, by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad , by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe , by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold, by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime, by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution, by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here, by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution, by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight, by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United, by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative, by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths, by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday, by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious, by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home, by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming, by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty, by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump, by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues , by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House, by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
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News coverage of political history from 1960-1969
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OnTheIssues includes historical political excerpts to highlight past presidents and other historical figures from the
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1990s.
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Historical 1960s excerpts:
- PNHP.org citing Associated Press, Physicians for a National Health Program, "Dr. Martin Luther King on health care injustice," downloaded 3/1/2023, (Link)
- Terrapro Solutions, "Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Champion of Climate Justice," January 16, 2023, (Link)
- CNN, "What Martin Luther King Jr. said about voting rights and why celebration without legislation dishonors his legacy," by Brandon Tensley, January 17, 2022, (Link)
- The Philadelphia Citizen, "Between King And Guns," by James Peterson, Jan. 17, 2022, (Link)
- NPR, "Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision For Economic Justice," January 18, 2021, (Link)
- Scientific American, "Let's Defund the Pentagon, Too," by John Horgan, July 8, 2020, (Link)
- The Advocate, "Martin Luther King's Views on Gay People," by Bayard Rustin, January 21 2019, (Link)
- Federal Reserve of Atlanta, "Introduction to International Trade," by Lesley Mace, March 2016, (Link)
- Huffington Post, "Martin Luther King and Immigrants' Rights," by Obery M. Hendricks, Jan 17, 2016, (Link)
- Good Faith Media, "Martin Luther King Jr.: Religious Freedom Champion," by Zach Dawes Jr, Jan 19, 2015, (Link)
- NOLA.com, "Martin Luther King Jr. explicitly supported what's now called affirmative action," by Jarvis DeBerry, APR 29, 2014, (Link)
- Stanford University, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, "Beyond Vietnam," April 4, 1967, (Link)
- PlannedParenthood.org: The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Upon Accepting "The Planned Parenthood Federation of America Margaret Sanger Award," May 5, 1966, (Link)
- USAPatriotism.org, "Speeches: 'I Have A Dream,' by Martin Luther King, Jr.," August 28, 1963, (Link)
- Harvard Kennedy School of Government JFK Library, "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," April 16, 1963, (Link)
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OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Dwight Eisenhower: Population control abroad is not a US responsibility.
Ronald Reagan: As CA governor, reluctantly signed Therapeutic Abortion bill.
Martin Luther King: Family planning profoundly important for decent life.
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Budget & Economy
John F. Kennedy: All presidents outspend their predecessors.
Martin Luther King: We must now begin to organize for guaranteed annual income.
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Civil Rights
Lyndon Johnson: We Democrats feel sorry for gays; it's an illness.
John F. Kennedy: Executive action for immediate civil rights progress.
Strom Thurmond: 22-hour filibuster against 1957 Civil Rights Act.
Martin Luther King: Compensatory treatment for past wrongs is justified.
Martin Luther King: Rustin being gay not a problem for King but for the movement.
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Crime
Richard Nixon: 1968: Started "law-&-order" plank to gain Southern Whites.
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Education
John F. Kennedy: Aid to Education Bill defeated when private schools excluded.
John F. Kennedy: 1963 Higher Education Act: more grants; more colleges.
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Energy & Oil
Martin Luther King: Move toward renewable and environmentally safe energy.
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Environment
John F. Kennedy: Invest in facilities for the important resources of the seas.
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Foreign Policy
Dwight Eisenhower: OpEd: Organized Bay of Pigs invasion that JFK carried out.
Richard Nixon: Coined term "Domino Theory": defend against Asian Communism.
Richard Nixon: 1960: Krushchev's grandchildren will live in freedom.
Richard Nixon: OpEd: Organized Bay of Pigs invasion that JFK carried out.
Ayn Rand: Withdraw from UN; sever relations with USSR.
John F. Kennedy: 1961: Created the Peace Corps.
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Free Trade
Martin Luther King: Every morning you've depended on more than half the world.
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Government Reform
Richard Nixon: 1960s Enemies List: 20 journalists & public officials.
Martin Luther King: One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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Gun Control
Martin Luther King: I was much more afraid when I had a gun in my house.
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Health Care
Ayn Rand: Imposing Medicare regiments and destroys medical science.
Martin Luther King: Injustice in health is most shocking, inhuman inequality.
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Homeland Security
Dwight Eisenhower: 1961: Be wary of the military-industrial complex.
Richard Nixon: 1969: Doing away with draft undercut antiwar movement.
Gerald Ford: Warren Commission: no conspiracy on JFK killing.
Martin Luther King: Military adventures draw money like demonic suction tube.
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Immigration
Martin Luther King: Anyone living in US can't be an outsider within its bounds.
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Principles & Values
Richard Nixon: Ran for CA governor in 1962 instead of President in 1964.
Richard Nixon: 1960: Candidacy supported by Eisenhower, but not on hustings.
Richard Nixon: 1965: Encouraged young graduates to run for Congress.
John F. Kennedy: 1960: US is standing still & suffering lowered prestige.
Lyndon Johnson: 1960 ideological balance: Voted opposite JFK 264 times.
Saul Alinsky: Liberals desire progress; conservatives prefer status quo.
Newt Gingrich: 1960: first political activism: student volunteer for Nixon.
Hillary Clinton: 1960s: Rejected as applicant to NASA; women not allowed.
Hillary Clinton: 1969: Criticized Senator's speech as lacking relevance.
Martin Luther King: Church is conscience of the state, not master or servant.
Martin Luther King: I have a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
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Social Security
John F. Kennedy: 1961: liberalize social security to help end recession.
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Tax Reform
John F. Kennedy: 1961: We need tax cut to keep drive from running out of gas.
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Technology
Richard Nixon: 1969: Moonwalk made heavens become part of man's world.
Richard Nixon: 1969: Moon landing culminated program begun in 1957, not JFK.
Richard Nixon: 1968: Built campaign strategy around controlling television.
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War & Peace
Dwight Eisenhower: 1966: Any action to win in Vietnam, even nukes.
Dwight Eisenhower: LBJ should formulate a "more sensible" policy on Vietnam.
Richard Nixon: 1968: Secret plan to end war morphed to secret bombings.
Richard Nixon: Iraq has threatened Kuwait since 1960s.
Richard Nixon: Supported 1960 CIA-backed invasion of Cuba.
Richard Nixon: 1965: If we give up Vietnam, Pacific Ocean becomes a Red Sea.
Ayn Rand: Moral right, but not duty, to invade totalitarian states.
John F. Kennedy: Trading missiles in Cuba for Jupiters in Turkey is a threat.
Martin Luther King: Called for unilateral ceasefire in Vietnam War.
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The above quotations are from News coverage of political history from 1960-1969.
Books and speeches for 1960s political history:
- A Thousand Days, by Arthur Schlesinger
- My Brother Lyndon, by Sam Houston Johnson
- The Burden and the Glory, by Allan Nevins
- Kennedy & Nixon, by Chris Matthews
- The Making of the President 1960, by Theodore H. White
- A Nation of Immigrants, by John F. Kennedy
- Passage of Power, by Robert Caro
- The Ayn Rand Library, by Ayn Rand
- Pres. Kennedy's of the Union messages to Congress, 1961-1963
- Pres. Johnson's State of the Union messages to Congress, 1964-1969
- Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, edited by Michael Beschloss
- Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson, by Eric F. Goldman
- The Virtue of Selfishness, by Nathaniel Brandon and Ayn Rand
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