National Crisis Quotes
Most historians agree that by “superstition,” Grant was referring to the Catholic Church, which had been steadily growing will more and more immigrants arriving in America. There was great hostility between Protestants and Catholics at the time.
While Abraham Lincoln set the precedent for independent Presidential action in a national political crises without much reliance on Congress, this was where Roosevelt established the precedent of unilateral action in financial crises.
Sowell’s definition of “degeneracy” seems to be departing from his ideal version of proper views and action.
Emanuel argued that when the nation faced a crisis of one kind or another, and the administration had to take steps to cope with the crisis or ameliorate it, the time is often opportune to get some of their legislative program passed or reform areas that have been resistant.
He was arguing that normal Constitutional limitations should not apply to the President in wartime.
Many people think that the French Revolution was spontaneous. Some events at the beginning were, but de Gouges and other political observers cold see that disaster was looming.
