... stability. For the most part, Nixon stayed seated at his desk during the speech. He made frequent eye contact with the audience, and only sporadically stopped to check his notes. Nixon rose to his feet near the end of the speech when he began speaking about his passion and ardor for his country. This gave the observer the impression his ... a final decision after thorough consideration of all the options, you fill find within yourself the calm, confidence, and strength to perform far beyond your expectations"(Nixon 178). Nixon's speech not only outdid his personal expectations, but it ex...

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... end, blacks were suffering, but still did not want to leave the "party of Lincoln" behind, because "no matter how far short of black expectations Hoover had fallen, his was the party responsible for the [13th, 14th and 15th] Amendments, and the Democrats were the party of disfranchisement." (Weiss ... majority of their accomplishments were symbolic, because not even Roosevelt would rock the boat. Roosevelt was more concerned with passing legislation to overcome the Great Depression, than in ensuring equality for all, but that did not stop blacks from voting for him. In every subsequent ...

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