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"This is a book about that most admirable of human virtues-- courage. 'Grace under pressure,' Ernest Hemingway defined it. And these are the stories of the pressures experienced by eight United States Senators and the grace with which they endured them."
-- John F. Kennedy
During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft.
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, Profiles in Courage -- now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new introduction by Caroline Kennedy, as well as Robert Kennedy's foreword written for the memorial edition of the volume in 1964 -- resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues and is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit. It is as Robert Kennedy states in the foreword, "not just stories of the past but a hook of hope and confidence for the future. What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us."
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DO TODAY'S SENATORS HAVE THE SAME COURAGE AS JFK?.......2007-09-25
It's the 50th anniversary of the publication by John Kennedy of the book `Profiles In Courage' and its subsequent winning the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. The non-fiction political tome features Kennedy's interpretation of eight U.S. Senators who placed the interests of the country and what was morally right regarding some momentous decision over the wishes of their political party and own potential self-advancement to higher office.
Is there anyone presently in the Senate with presidential aspirations who can offer the same courage and moral convictions to do what's right in the manner the eight figures from history the future 35th president chose to write about to further the public trust at the risk of their own political career?
Kennedy began the book in 1954 while in his first term as a U.S. Senator but undergoing convalescence from a surgery on his back to relieve stress from the injuries he received in combat during World War Two. There's still debate on how much of the book was actually written by Kennedy or what part was researched and prepared by underlings of his staff. But most experts agree that the senator supervised the editing of the material and selected which of those who were to be profiled.
The book was positively received and it helped place Kennedy into national prominence. The Massachusetts senator used that notoriety to offer his name as a vice-presidential candidate at the 1956 Democratic Party convention. He then became one of that party's frontrunners for the 1960 presidential election which he ultimately won.
It's apparent that when JFK served in the Congress he had contempt for the workings of the political patronage system when trying to obtain a consensus to solve the nation's problems as a congressman, then as senator. Most historians agree that he disliked the `good ol' boy' networking that future running mate Lyndon Johnson used as the Senate Majority Leader in making deals to please all sides on a matter and wanted those in that legislative body to take the moral high ground when debating the issues facing the nation to get legislation passed. That's why Kennedy decided to write the book for the next generation of politicians who would come after him to feature those who had taken a courageous stand as an inspiration to the succeeding groups of leaders.
Kennedy acknowledges the responsibilities felt on any politician, especially one who is a senator, to keep everybody happy. He cites three specific pressures put on all leaders, including himself, to keep everyone satisfied.
He writes that all senators want to be liked by the voters, they have a desire to be re-elected and feel the enormous pull of special interest groups seeking legislation that is favorable to their specific cause that can adversely affect the tough decisions they must make.
So who did Kennedy select as standing up for principles and not continuing the status quo that ultimately wrecked their own political aspirations for the betterment of the country?
They were John Quincy Adams for breaking away from the Federalist Party, Daniel Webster for speaking in favor of the Compromise of 1850 that delayed the start of the Civil War, Thomas Hart Benton for staying in the Democratic Party despite his opposition to slavery and Sam Houston for opposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
Also included were Edmund G. Ross for voting against the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Lucius Lamar for his attempt to mend ties between the North and South during Reconstruction, George Norris for coming out against arming U.S. merchant ships before the U.S. officially entered World War One and Robert Taft for criticizing the Nuremberg Trials that prosecuted high-level Nazi war leaders under what he considered ex post facto laws that were forbidden by the U.S. Constitution.
It's obvious the eight senators Kennedy selected decided to make a courageous, yet unpopular choice on an issue to put the interests of the nation and world over their own political aspirations at a time of crisis. How come we don't have any leaders like those eight today?
The United States Senate is called the last great place for oration and debate as the issues facing the nation and world are discussed by one hundred of the nation's political elite. But can a U.S. Senator be elected from that office today directly to the presidency by taking a potential career-ending stance on today's hot button matters? No one has successfully done so since John Kennedy did in 1960.
That doesn't bode well for Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, Barrack Obama and any other potential future candidates from that legislative body as we approach the 2008 presidential election. Many have tried since JFK's triumph and all have failed, the most recent being John Kerry in 2004.
It's going to be extremely difficult for this current brood of senators, be they male or female; Republican, Democrat or independent; to exhibit the same virtuous characteristics of those Kennedy profiled to get elected as our next president under our current political structure of stalemate government gridlock that forces them to refrain from taking any courageous stand on the issues that need immediate resolution.
That's a loss for all of us.
An example to all politicians.......2007-08-08
What President Kennedy shows in this book is a series of examples to all our modern politicians. It's a book to read and keep in mind.
I was shocked!.......2007-06-11
Profiles in Courage is a book I have heard of many times but never read, nor browsed. What a shock upon finally picking the book up to discover what a hodge podge of quotes and this's and that's the book is. And now, upon a little research, to discover that there was much debate as to whether Kennedy even wrote the book. At best Profiles in Courage would get a B if turned in as a high school senior thesis paper.
I am not anti Kennedy and actually until reading Profiles in Courage have always held him in high regard. Who of the right age can forget - "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." This making the exposure to Profiles all the more bitter.
I now must admit I have not read the whole book. I don't know if I have the stomach to. I have only read through the Chapter on Daniel Webster and although I am one to read to the end no matter what, I am not sure I can.
The most irksome quality of the book is the incessant quotes pertaining to the definition of words which I suspect were used to lend this missive an air of scholarship. This claim of scholarship is echoed by the dropping of terms here and there, like Gresham's Law. When the discriminating reader encounters such it always invokes the opposite of its intention.
I also object to the major tenet of the book that when someone is elected to public office to represent the views of his constituients it is considered courage to once having reached office to change his stripes and decided to do whatever one wants instead of representing the people who elected him. A better view of courage is to have those that when they find they can no longer do what they were voted in to do, resign from, what Kennedy considered the most prestigious of private clubs, public office, and then do whatever it is that they fell so strongly about. Has this ever happened? I am unsure.
In short, Profiles in Courage, is propaganda supporting a privileged class. If you must go to the library and give it a once over. It is an easy read. But it is certainly advised that you do not financial support this error by purchasing it.
Only the courageous will be able to keep alive the spirit of individualism and dissent which gave birth to this nation........2007-01-05
Politicians are constantly being accused of compromising their principles when in reality they "are engaged in the fine art of conciliating, balancing and interpreting the forces and factions of public opinion, an art essential to keeping our nation united and enabling our government to function."
If this is true then John F. Kennedy's supported the civil right act because he was carefully orchestrating a decision based on beliefs of the voters, who put him office and kept in office. JFKs support of the civil rights act suggested the voters wanted change and they wanted change to come in the form of more equality and justice for ethnic minors. These voters also wanted more governmental policies and governmental agencies to administer these sweeping changes and solve the social problems burdening the disparate. The government bureaucracies were to be designed with the aim of "ending the vices of racial disproportionate inequality" because the voters believed that government was the Messiah providing deliverance from their Egyptian oppressors.
In the life of a politician, public opinion matters. Politicians must understand the powerful forces of public opinion as it relates too key social issues and correctly interpret, a calculated governmental response. Sometimes a politician will be forced to change his position to align with public opinion; when this happens, media criticism exposes this inconsistency and becomes the self-appointed authority of public condemnation decrying "shame on you"; the politician must press forward and have the courage to align his governmental policies and action inline with public and popular opinion.
Government exists because the people want and value the services and protections that are provided. If government functionality aligns with public opinion then harmony and value is maintained and the people are content and happy with government, otherwise people revolt. The modern fallacy is that government believes they can control by force, but in reality they can only lead by example and do the bidding of the people. For example, Vietnam ended because the people wanted it to end, period. Politicians must market war to the people, but when the people don't want it; the politician must withdraw troops and end the conflict.
"In public life we expect individuals to sacrifice their private interests to permit the national good to progress." Great, remove the special interest groups from Washington that are using money to influence the decisions of the politicians. Often, big money controls politicians by putting him in a "win-win" scenario, "money or money". Money pressure confuses issues by converting the issue into a commodity that can be bought or sold for a price; the buy or selling of opinion directly affects the politician decision-making process. Big money desires directional control of government policies; often this control allows big money to profit from stable margin advantage from these policies. The money-changers should be driven OUT; they corrupted the house with their influences and commerce and the result has become the pollution of public driven governmental policies and transformed into special interest groups governmental policies, the exact opposite of the ideal.
Change can occur. More politicians are beginning to take courage and listen to the letters and voices of the voter and the Senator decides too cast their vote in alignment with the majority voice. "The third source of pressure that discourage political courage in the consciousness, of the Senator...is the pressure of his constituency ... the interest groups, the organized letter writers, the economic blocs and even the average voter." Other wise, the Senator would not be accountable for their decisions and the "mean-end" nexus resulting in the betrayal and confidence of his constituencies and economic blocs and the average voter.
The Senator must be able to balance all the forces and make the decision that will "best advancing his career" and at the same time weight out how much he is willing too sacrifice in the form of personal interests too promote the good of the people. These risks to his career can be a difficult and soul-searching process. However, the bottom-line principle remains, the Senator's primary responsibility is to "represent the views of his state". The Senator must diligent uphold this responsibility and have "faith in the wisdom of the people and their views".
People are not general destructive and malicious in what they want; the wisdom of the crowd is accurate, complex, and important. "The concept of democracy put to little faith in the people." Politician must not embrace that doctrine that the people are ignorant, non educational, and incapable of understanding; instead, the politician must have more faith in the people and their desire to prosper, live virtuous and moral life; and promote the common good. People have faith in their ultimate sense of Justice, faith in their ability to honor courage and respect; skill in making rationale judgments; and faith that in the long run they will act unselfishly for the good of the nation.
"In the day ahead, only the very courageous will be able to take the hard and unpopular decision necessary for our survival in the struggle with a powerful enemy". "Only the courageous will be able to keep alive the spirit of individualism and dissent which gave birth to this nation." God Bless JFK!
An excellent reminder of the importance of our Constitution!.......2006-12-05
John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book is a must read for all Americans interested in the importance of statesmanship and the courage to place principles above personal profit. Each chapter details the works of a U.S. legislator who made a significant impact on the credibility of the United States Constitution, often putting his or her career on the line to defend the foundations of the American republic. Many of these legislators are rarely spoken of today, but the continuing tradition of the democratic process of this nation owes a deep sense of gratitude to these statesmen.
At a time when many of us are questioning the character and the ambitions of our political leaders, this book is a worthy reminder to us that a few good people can make the difference. This book is timely and pertinent when cyncism abounds in the minds of many voters and taxpayers.
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With all the flair of his last-second game-winning sky hooks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivers a well-written and important collection highlighting the lives of America's greatest black heroes. Taking his title cue from John Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, Abdul-Jabbar brings to life the exploits of a wide variety of African Americans, including Estevanico, a Moorish slave who discovered Arizona and New Mexico; Cinque, a kidnapped African slave who led a mutiny aboard the slave ship Amistad and later won his freedom in the U.S.; and Harriet Tubman, who brought hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
In a time when the media beams negative images of African Americans around the world, Black Profiles in Courage is indispensable for young adults of other races as well as African-American youth, showing that attributes like courage are not coded by color. For those young blacks who feel distant from America because of racism, books like this are a small but potent antidote against prejudice, reminding them of the important contributions African Americans have made to their country. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar examines the lives of heroic African-Americans and offers their stories as inspiring examples for people who too rarely encounter positive role models in history texts, schoolrooms, and the media. From Revolutionary War heroes like Crispus Attucks to antislavery activist Frederick Douglass, from frontiersmen like Bass Reeves to scientist Lewis Latimer and artist Duke Ellington, Black Profiles in Courage forcefully documents that African-Americans have always been an integral part of the fabric of our nation, and that they helped to weave that fabric.
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Should be required reading for all young people .......2007-05-30
I bought this book in hardcover when it first came out and since then have bought several copies to give to other people, both black and white, both young and old. Without fail, this book has impacted people, and every one of them has told me how much they learned from this wonderful book.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did a masterful job in gathering these inspiring stories from what has been, unfortunately, the footnotes of history, if they were acknowledged at all. The achievements by black Americans and their contributions to this country have been largely ignored by historians until recently. And even today, many black Americans who were not taught as young people about their heritage remain oblivious to what should be a matter of great pride.
We have taken great steps to equalize human rights, but we still have a way to go to completely obliterate the racial prejudice many of us grew up with. Books like this by people with the stature of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will help get us to where we should be--respecting people of all races, colors and creeds.
Facinating Reading.......2005-10-10
I found this book to be very informative and very well writen! I particularly enjoyed learning true historical facts that have long been misrepresented, or clouded with partial information. I highly recommend this book to any reader who enjoys history and is interested in learning truth.
Excellence.......2005-08-01
What's more remarkable than the informative nature of this text is how it came to be...
An African American sport icon who gained success through one of the primary avenues African Americans have to reach affluence (sports and entertainment) just to use it as an avenue to actually uplift the intellectual level of his community. Well done!
I can't tell you how many tears it brings to my eyes to see a brother who achieve greatness through the stereotypical avenue of sports and actually use his greatness to do the truly great...uplift his people. Though there have been lists and books previous to his on the same subject, it has rarely been done by a person with such influence among youth, and for that I credit him unlike other past atheletes who simply use their stardom to sell grills, orange juice, or try and become rappers.
Peace to the God
Alan needs to spend more time mastering the art of helmsman.......2002-05-12
I don't know about the book, but the author brings an entire new meaning to the term, "head up".
Call me Ishmal......
Inspiring and Informative.......2000-05-23
Simply put, I love this book. I like the fact that it summarizes the lives of so many African Americans including the famous and the still unknown. I highly recommend this book to any reader seeking information about the lives and consequent impact of some of our heroes.
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Eight courageous senators........2007-05-29
I read this book when I was in high school. Now I have read it again to get inspiration. The eight senators in this book all did the right thing. They voted against the will of the people and with the thought that they were right. They voted their conscience. One of the more remarkable senators from Kansas was Ross who voted against the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. He suffered greatly due to his vote. However much he disliked Johnson, he came to regard the impeachment as politically motivated and defied his voter's wishes. This took a lot of political guts.
We need more people like this in Washington today. People who stand on an issue and vote their conscience. There is too little political courage today in our Congress and elected leaders.
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More Profile Than Courage: The New York City Transit Strike of 1966 (S U N Y Series in American Labor History)
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These short biographies of outstanding Romans - from the founding of the city to the late Roman Empire - are arranged in chronological order. The historical context is explained and each reading is followed by vocabulary and questions. Exploits of Roman heroes such as Aeneas, Horatius Cocles, Scaevola and Germanicus are recounted in clear, accessible Latin aimed at intermediate level students. The "Duces" of these stories show qualities greatly admired by the Romans: tenacity, determination, and a willingness to sacrifice for one's country. Their feats of daring are presented in such a way as to provoke lively class discussion on the nature of heroism and on what it was to be "a great Roman".
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Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage
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It is always easy, in the celebratory light of pride parades, to forget how recently these simple expressions of community would have incurred police violence, public protests, arrests, and the loss of jobs, homes, and families. Brave Journeys should be required reading for gay people under 40, especially those who think the pioneers of the pre-Stonewall world and the early 1970s weren't radical enough. It's both sobering and inspiring to read about figures such as Elaine Noble, the first openly gay elected official in America, whose house was repeatedly vandalized, who endured almost constant threats, and who actually had a rifle pointed at her by a schoolboy over her support of legislation ordering the integration of Boston schools. Even more instructive is the story of Dianne Hardy-Garcia, whose tireless activism in Texas--surely one of the most challenging political arenas in the country--has held religious conservatives at bay since the early 1980s, although she hasn't triumphed over the crushing antigay policies of George W. Bush. To complement the excellent new histories of the gay rights movement, here are moving and engaging accounts of popular heroes, from Del Martin and Phyllis Lyons, founders of the Daughters of Bilitis, to navy top gun Tracy Thorne, who declared his homosexuality on national television in order to force the military to confront its bigoted policies on sexual orientation. --Regina Marler
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From a top-gun pilot in the U.S. Navy to an authority on antigay violence, from a member of the Clinton administration to a leading Shakespearean actor,
Brave Journeys tells the stirring stories of seven intrepid men and women who effectively challenged the status quo and thereby altered the political and societal landscape of the world we live in.
David Mixner, author of
Stranger Among Friends and himself a renowned activist, political adviser, and White House insider, presents a vivid account of seven heroes of the gay rights movement who put their careers and lives on the line in their quest for equality.
Written in collaboration with Dennis Bailey,
Brave Journeys is David Mixner's eloquent tribute to gay men and lesbians who have made a difference. Rich in private bravery and public risk, these profiles comprise a vivid map of the gay rights movement over the last fifty years -- and individually they testify to the power of courage to force change against profoundly overwhelming odds.
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Thoughtful, Well Done, and Needed.......2000-08-24
Without hyperbole or overstatement, Mixner and Bailey have interwoven different stories about different heroes in the lesbian and gay community to create a cohesive and telling story about our lives and times. This civil rights battle is, unfortunately, still being fought, and books like this will help speed an eventual victory.
Inspiring Beyond Words.......2000-08-08
I couldn't put it down. Mixner, with Bailey, has done it again. A non-fiction read that is more exciting than fiction. At the same time celebrating the human potential for "what one man (or woman) can do".. I feel a better person for having read it. Going to tell all my friends and family. I've already bought three copies for gifts..
Wonderful Book !.......2000-08-06
Provides a great insite into the gay community by sharing the struggles of heros in the community. Brings meaning to the word PRIDE !
Great American Hero---Excellent Reading.......2000-08-03
Mr. Mixner has done it again--his leadership and dedication to the Gay community makes him a true American Hero. Excellent Reading
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In the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players. For many pioneering basketball players on 18 teams in the Atlantic and Southeastern conference, playing ball meant braving sometimes menacing crowds during the tumultuous era of civil rights. Perry Wallace feared he would be shot when he first stepped onto a court in his Vanderbilt uniform. During one road game, Georgia’s Ronnie Hogue fended off a hostile crowd with a chair. Craig Mobley had to flee the Clemson campus, along with other black students. C.B. Claiborne couldn’t attend the Duke team banquet when it was held at an all-white country club. Wendell Hudson’s mother cried with heartache when her son decided to play at the University of Alabama, and Al Heartley locked himself in a campus dorm at North Carolina State for safety the night Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Grounded in the civil rights struggles on campuses throughout the south, the voices of players, coaches, opponents and fans reveal the long-neglected story of race, sports and social history.
Barry Jacobs has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, People and other publications. He is the author of several sports books, including Coach K’s Little Blue Book. He lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
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The Essential Ronald Reagan recounts the extraordinary life and career of a great American president from his small-town Midwestern roots through his Hollywood film star days to his presidential role as redeemer of the American dream and victorious leader in the Cold War. Fifteen years after leaving the White House, Ronald Reagan is already ranked among our greatest presidents by the American people and an increasing number of historians and political scientists. InThe Essential Ronald Reagan, Edwards analyzes the four essential qualities of leadership that enabled President Reagan to meet every challenge and crisis and to make him an American for the ages.
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Understanding what a real leader represents means understanding Reagan .......2007-05-13
Great book. I did not know all that much about Reagan and I feel as a introductory enthusiast this book is a great start. Compare the Republican of then to the Republican of now and it's amazing the swing in ideology. Ron Paul is the closest candidate to representing the traditional Republican ideology. Today other candidates hardly show a difference from left to right. Understanding Reagan is understanding Barry Goldwater conservatism.
Excellent read!.......2006-01-03
The Essential Reagan is the perfect book if you want to a quick but thorough biography on this incredible man. It is an enjoyable read, and concise. I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to learn more about Reagan or a diehard Reagan fan needing a "refresher course" on him and his legacy.
Brilliant political biography.......2005-10-14
Brief as it is, this compelling political biography manages to capture the gist of Ronald Reagan in a clear and engaging manner. Edwards investigates Reagan's childhood, his leadership qualities and his accomplishments with keen insight and understanding.
The narrative concentrates on those people, events and circumstances that shaped the great man's character and career path, from his childhood and student days through his movie career, his two stints as governor of California and his presidency.
Both the failures and the great and enduring successes of the Reagan administration are covered. For example, Edwards looks at the Iran-Contra debacle as well as the economic miracle, the benefits of deregulation and the West's victory in the Cold War.
A highlight of the book is Edwards' analyses of the four essential qualities of leadership that Reagan possessed: courage, justice, prudence and wisdom. The author points out how these qualities came into play at various occasions in Reagan's life and career.
He discusses the books that helped persuade Reagan to change his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican and in the bibliographical essay at the end, he reviews the best and the worst books on the 40th President. The Essential Ronald Reagan concludes with copious notes and a thorough index.
I also recommend the books When Character Was King by Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan by Dinesh D'Souza and Ronald Reagan: An American Hero, with an introduction by William F Buckley. The CD set Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches With Personal Reflections, is a most inspiring collection of speeches and observations by the great man himself. God bless Ronald Reagan.
Absolutely Essential.......2005-03-31
This book is essential for anyone wanting to learn about Ronald Reagan--especially those who are reading about him for the first time. It is a favorable treatment of the man and his legacy, and portrays him just as he was, humorous and yet serious in regards to the things that were important. Essential? Absolutely.
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