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Representative American speeches: 1973-1974
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- Edited by Waldo W. Braden
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- English
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- New York : H.W. Wilson Co., 1974
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- 204 pages ; 20 cm
- ISBNs
- 0824205243, 9780824205249
- OCLC
- ocm01128131
- This volume, the thirty-seventh in an annual compilation, contains speeches by such men as Elliot Richardson, Edward Brooke, and Henry Kissinger. The speeches are grouped under the headings: The agony of Watergate; The Presidency under siege; Spirit of American foreign policy; The energy crisis; Values, rights, and liberties; The political question of amnesty; and The Vice Presidency.
- Biographical notes: pages 197-201.
- Preface: an overview of public address, 1973-1974 -- Vulnerability and vigilance / Elliot L. Richardson -- Press conference / Richard M. Nixon -- The Watergate investigation / Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. -- Creativity in law and government / Archibald Cox -- Either impeach ... or get off his back / George D. Aiken -- Responsibilities inherent in a constitutional democracy / Edward W. Brooke -- Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee / Henry A. Kissinger -- The planetary crisis and the challenge to scientists / Margaret Mead -- The energy crisis / Mark O. Hatfield -- Ethics in public discourse / Robert C. Jeffrey -- Free just free / Wes Gallagher -- The computer and civil liberties / Francis W. Sargent -- Restoring the tidemarks of trust / Malcolm C. Moos -- Raising the fallen image of business / Stanley J. Goodman -- Theology and amnesty / Robert Newton Barger -- The nomination of Gerald R. Ford: Against the nomination of Gerald R. Ford / Gaylord A. Nelson ; For the nomination of Gerald R. Ford / Charles H. Percy -- Acceptance speech / Gerald R. Ford