Eleanor Roosevelt discusses
the way the United Nations was intended to function versus
the way it was functioning in 1960. She suggests that the Soviet
Union misused its veto power at times. She also discusses race,
disarmament, the creation of a UN police force, and the role
of voting blocks and public opinion in the General Assembly. March
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Martin L. King, Jr. speaks
at the Ghandi Society of Human Rights. King opens by using
Henry David Thoreau to discuss nonviolence as part of the
American tradition. He touches on jailed freedom riders,
Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, segregation,
and John F. Kennedy. May 17, 1962.
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Ralph Nader,
lawyer and author, speaking at the District of Columbia Bar
Association. Nader speaks on big business and the business
lawyer, sayingthat lawyers are not only responsible to their
clients, but to the public as well. In particular, he discusses
the relationship between sanctions and the battle to regulate
automobile safety. He also wonders why large law firms are
not subject to greater scrutiny. No recording
date is given. Note that the recording breaks off abruptly.
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William O. Douglas speaks
at City College, New York, in honor of Morris Raphael Cohen.
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas talks about the
extent to which conformity permeates American society. He
critiques a culture afraid to express itself and focused,
to its detriment, on technological and economic progress. September
18, 1964. The speech ends at approximately the 35th minute.
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John
F. Kennedy delivers his first State of the Union address.
He opens with sobering comments on the economy and goes on
to discuss other domestic problems before turning his attention
to international affairs, focusing on Communism, strengthening
the military, and Latin American economic policy. He also
mentions the Peace Corps. January 30, 1961
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Jimmy
Carter delivers a speech calling for a unification
of religious belief with political and
public action. He states, 'you can't divorce religious beliefs
from public service.' June 16, 1978
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