 | 1964 - 624 lapas
...speech since assuming the Presidency on Nov. 22 following the assassination of President Kennedy : "The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time .... "The dream of conquering the vastness of space — the dream of partnership across the Atlantic... | |
 | 1964 - 632 lapas
...major speech since assuming the Presidency on Nov. 22 following the assassination of President Kennedy: "The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time .... "The dream of conquering the vastness of space—the dream of partnership across the Atlantic... | |
 | 1964 - 630 lapas
...major speech since assuming the Presidency on Nov. 22 following the assassination of President Kennedy: "The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time .... "The dream of conquering the vastness of space — the dream of partnership across the Atlantic... | |
 | Jim F. Heath - 1975 - 356 lapas
...Congress. It moved many of those in the packed House chamber to tears. His low-key opening words — "All I have, I would have given gladly not to be standing here today" — were, as Tom Wicker of the New York Times wrote, "exactly the right statement, delivered in exactly... | |
 | Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1988 - 316 lapas
...lives on in Johnson's speech, some of Sorensen's sentiments do not. Sorensen would have had Johnson say "the greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time—and I who cannot fill his shoes must occupy his desk." Between the time Sorensen dispatched... | |
 | James David Barber - 2011 - 355 lapas
...— the Court, the cabinet, the nation in hushed and expectant hope. His first words set the tone. All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing...Fitzgerald Kennedy lives on in the immortal words he left behind. He lives in the mind and memories of mankind. He lives in the hearts of his countrymen.... | |
 | Michael R. Beschloss - 1998 - 614 lapas
...had attended the Kennedy funeral. 4Danish Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag. 5 Mayor of West Berlin. 6 "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing...been struck down by the foulest deed of our time. . . . For thirty-two years, Capitol Hill has been my home. ... In this moment of new resolve, I would... | |
 | Kurt Ritter, Martin J. Medhurst - 2004 - 252 lapas
...crisis. In his first speech to Congress, the new president began in an uncharacteristically humble way: "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing...struck down by the foulest deed of our time. Today John F. Kennedy lives on in the immortal words and works he left behind." 6 Then, reminding his audience... | |
 | Debbie Levy - 2002 - 120 lapas
...Johnson made a speech to Congress in which he promised to work toward JFK's goals. He began by saying, "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today." Then he said, "No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 lapas
...Sorensen and Galbraith, with input from Johnson allies Bill Moyers and Abe Fortas— found perfect pitch. "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today," Johnson began. Kennedy in his inaugural had said, "Let us begin." Now Johnson Robert Kennedy listening... | |
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All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today. The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time. 
