Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic

Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic

by John F Kennedy
Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic

Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic

by John F Kennedy

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THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CLASSIC OF POLITICAL INTEGRITY

With a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy and introduction by Caroline Kennedy

John F. Kennedy’s enduring classic resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues—courage and patriotism—and remains a moving, powerful, and relevant testament to the indomitable American spirit

During 1954-55, Kennedy, then a junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, profiled eight American patriots, mainly United States Senators, who at crucial moments in our nation’s history, revealed a special sort of greatness: men who disregarded dreadful consequences to their public and private lives to do that one thing which seemed right in itself. They were men of various political and regional allegiances—their one overriding loyalty was to the United States.

Courage such as these men shared, Kennedy makes clear, is central to all morality—a man does what he must in spite of personal consequences—and these exciting stories suggest that, without in the least disparaging the courage with which men die, we should not overlook the true greatness adorning those acts of courage with which men must live.

As Robert F. Kennedy writes in the foreword, Profiles in Courageis not just stories of the past but a book of hope and confidence for the future. What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us."

This special "P.S." edition of the book commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication. It includes vintage photographs and an extensive author biography, and features Kennedy's correspondence about the writing project, contemporary reviews of the book, a letter from Ernest Hemingway, and two rousing speeches from recipients of the Profile in Courage Award.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062339096
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 09/08/2015
Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 77,284
Lexile: 1410L (what's this?)
File size: 930 KB

About the Author

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. At forty-three, he was the youngest man ever elected to the Oval Office and the first Roman Catholic president.

Table of Contents

Introduction Caroline Kennedy ix

Foreword Robert F. Kennedy xv

Preface xxi

I Courage and Politics 1

Part 1 The Time and the Place 23

II John Quincy Adams 29

"The magistrate is the servant not… of the people, but of his God."

Part 2 The Time and the Place 51

III Daniel Webster 57

"… not as a Massachusetts man… but as an American…"

IV Thomas Hart Benton 75

"I despise the bubble popularity…"

V Sam Houston 93

"… I can forget that I am called a traitor."

Part 3 The Time and the Place 111

VI Edmund G. Ross 115

"I… looked, down into my open grave."

VII Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar 139

"Today I must be true or fake …"

Part 4 The Time and the Place 165

VIII George Norris 170

"I have come home to tell you the truth."

IX Robert A. Taft 193

"… liberty of the individual to think his own thoughts…"

X Other Men of Political Courage 206

"…consolation…for the contempt of mankind."

XI The Meaning of Courage 217

Bibliography 227

Index 239

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