A Patriot`s Handbook
Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love
by Caroline Kennedy
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Anthony Kennedy: By rule of stare decisis, we uphold Roe v. Wade.
Anthony Kennedy: Constitutional analysis of Roe: abortion is a right.
David Souter: By rule of stare decisis, we uphold Roe v. Wade.
David Souter: Constitutional analysis of Roe: abortion is a right.
Sandra Day O`Connor: By rule of stare decisis, we uphold Roe v. Wade.
Sandra Day O`Connor: Constitutional analysis of Roe: abortion is a right.
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Budget & Economy
Ronald Reagan: Pundits declared us "radical" but we were right.
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Civil Rights
Bill Clinton: No quotas and no reverse discrimination.
Caroline Kennedy: US civil rights movement sparked international human rights.
Bill Clinton: Affirmative action is a moral imperative.
Hillary Clinton: Women's suffrage was 72-year struggle, but not a shot fired.
Ted Kennedy: ADA applies to private sector as well as public sector.
Ted Kennedy: Equal Rights Amendment recognizes "Founding Mothers".
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Crime
Jimmy Carter: Global standard to ban death penalty, at least for children.
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Education
William Rehnquist: School vouchers are neutral with respect to religion.
Ronald Reagan: New patriotism: Teach national pride and civic spirit.
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Energy & Oil
Ted Kennedy: Proud of safe energy over nuclear future.
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Environment
Caroline Kennedy: Protect the wilderness for future generations.
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Families & Children
Hillary Clinton: Improving women's lives improves children's lives.
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Foreign Policy
Richard Nixon: 1972: Cultural, trade, and journalistic contact with China.
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Government Reform
Caroline Kennedy: Election Day makes me proud to be an American.
Gerald Ford: Truth is the glue that holds our government together.
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Health Care
Ted Kennedy: AIDS victims need protection against discrimination.
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Homeland Security
Caroline Kennedy: War on terrorism is a fight for freedom.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Military spousal support should be equal by gender.
Jimmy Carter: US is sole superpower, but world is a more dangerous place.
George W. Bush: 9-11 attack was an act of war by Al Qaeda.
Ronald Reagan: To preserve the peace, we had to become strong again.
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Immigration
Caroline Kennedy: My family faced painful anti-Irish discrimination.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Arrived as immigrant with only $20 in his pocket.
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Principles & Values
Caroline Kennedy: A Patriot's Handbook: compose a narrative of America.
Caroline Kennedy: Flag represents patriotism from jingoism to protest.
Al Gore: Challenged Florida results based on Equal Protection Clause.
George W. Bush: Florida recount mechanisms are too arbitrary.
Ronald Reagan: Great Communicator? I just spoke common sense.
Ronald Reagan: Shining City on a Hill: she still stands strong and true.
George Bush Sr.: My mission is to complete work begun in 1980.
Gerald Ford: I'm not elected, but also I'm not indebted to anyone.
John McCain: Secret Pledge of Allegiance: most meaning of POW's day.
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Technology
Ted Kennedy: Paratransit for disabled prevents normal societal function.
Ronald Reagan: Genesis says material abundance comes from spirit.
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War & Peace
John Kerry: Nothing in Vietnam realistically threatened America.
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Welfare & Poverty
Arnold Schwarzenegger: In land of opportunity, millions are left behind.
Richard Nixon: Kitchen Debate: Right to choose is the difference.
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The above quotations are from A Patriot`s Handbook
Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love
by Caroline Kennedy.
Books by and about Cabinet Members:
- Between Worlds, by Gov. Bill Richardson, Secretary of Commerce-designee
- Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis, by Sen. Tom Daschle, Secretary of Health & Human Services-designee
- Dreams from My Father:, by Sen. Barack Obama, President-elect
- It Takes A Village, by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State-designee
- Leading by Example, by Gov. Bill Richardson, Secretary of Commerce-designee
- Like No Other Time: The Two Years That Changed America, by Sen. Tom Daschle, Secretary of Health & Human Services-designee
- Living History, by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State-designee
- Profiles In Courage For Our Time, by Caroline Kennedy, including chapter on Rep. Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor-designee
- Promises to Keep, by Sen. Joe Biden, Vice President-elect
- The Audacity of Hope, by Sen. Barack Obama, President-elect
- No Higher Honor, by Condoleezza Rice (2011)
- My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me, by Condoleezza Rice (2012)
- The Plan: Big Ideas for Change in America, by Rahm Emanuel
- The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless, by Naftali Bendavid; profiling Rep. Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
- For the Record, by Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan
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