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" I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis — broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. "
The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power - Page 71
by Gene Healy - 2008 - 367 pages
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 343

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1952 - 1030 pages
...emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. / shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe." (Emphasis supplied.) The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933 (Rosenman),...
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The Steel Seizure Case: Briefs for the Government and the ..., Parts 1-2

1952 - 1286 pages
...emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. / shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe." (Emphasis supplied.) The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933 (Rosenman),...
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The World's Great Speeches

Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...against the emergency as great as the power that would he given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. For the trust reposed in me I will return...
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The Rage of Nations

Edward R. Kantowicz - 1999 - 532 pages
...failed to act, "I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet...Executive power to wage a war against the emergency." Eleanor Roosevelt, who often acted as her crippled husband's eyes and ears, shuddered when the crowd...
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Zwischen Krise und Krieg: Frankreich in der Aussenwirtschaftspolitik der USA ...

Karl J. Mayer - 1999 - 296 pages
...der für sich „broad executive powers to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the powers that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe" reklamierte,71 im demokratischen Kampf der „checks and balances" erhalten würde. In Paris erwartete...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time. I...
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Peaceful Revolution: Constitutional Change and American Culture from ...

Maxwell Bloomfield - 2000 - 236 pages
...package of alternative measures, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. . . . The people of the United States have not failed. In their need they have registered a mandate...
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Presidential Documents: The Speeches, Proclamations, and Policies that Have ...

Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 pages
...emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. 1 shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time. I...
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Executive Orders: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules. Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process - 2000 - 176 pages
...emergency is still critical. I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. 1 shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.* Roosevelt's first official act, at 1 AM. on March 6, 1933, was to issue Proclamation 2038." The...
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Constitution: The Story of the Nation's Descent from a Constitutional ...

Eugene Schroder, Micki Nellis - 2000 - 254 pages
...their deposits of gold. In his inaugural address, Roosevelt said he would not hesitate to call for "broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency,...given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe." He was talking about war and emergency powers, which the constitution provided for in case of...
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