Ceremonies Quotes
His most influential teacher was the English philosopher and feminist, Annie Besant, 1847-1933. See her quotations for some parallel ideas.
Tacitus seems to be the first to use the phrase in a political sense to describe the absence at an important meeting or event at which he would normally have attended.
See Saint Ambrose {593184} for an earlier expression of this general principle.
This Puritanical point of view, has always characterized a significant segment of American society. It is responsible for the rather limited pomp and circumstances, ceremony and protocol of American politics compared with most of the rest of the world. Ironically, when Adams later became President, he thought that America had gone too far and needed more formality and elegance—especially in the treatment of the Presidency. He was then opposed by most who preferred his earlier view and that of his opponent, Thomas Jefferson.
The band was created by an act of Congress in 1798.
He was justifying the millions he was spending on state official functions when most of the people were in abject poverty. He didn’t know his people well enough. They overthrew him and sent him into exile.
See Prince Otto von Bismarck-Schoenhausen {632620} for a similar focus on "iron and blood". This is no coincidence as Lindemann had been the Captain of the Battleship Bismarck.
As Vice President, George W. Bush represented the U. S. at the funerals of many foreign dignitaries:
He was the first mayor of New York City after the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of Greater New York in 1898.
