Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.

Profiles in courage / John F. Kennedy ; special foreword by Robert F. Kennedy. - Memorial ed. - New York, Harper & Row ©1964. - 287 pages portrait 24 cm

Originally published: 1955.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.

Foreword to the Memorial edition / Preface -- Courage and politics -- The time and the place -- John Quincy Adams : "The magistrate is the servant not ... of the people, but of his God." -- The time and the place -- Daniel Webster : " ... not as a Massachusetts man ... but as an American ..." -- Thomas Hart Benton : "I despise the bubble popularity ..." -- Sam Houston : " ... I can forget that I am called a traitor." -- The time and the place -- Edmund G. Ross : "I ... looked down into my open grave." -- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar : "Today I must be true or false ..." -- The time and the place -- George Norris : "I have come home to tell you the truth." -- Robert A. Taft : " ... liberty of the individual to think his own thoughts ..." -- Other men of political courage : " ... consolation for ... the contempt of mankind." -- The meaning of courage -- Bibliography -- Index. by Robert F. Kennedy -- 1. pt. 1. -- 2. pt. 2. -- 3. 4. 5. pt. 3. -- 6. 7. pt. 4. -- 8. 9. 10. 11.

About American statesman including John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Robert Taft and Sam Houston, who had the courage to make difficult and dramatic moral decisions.



Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1957.

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