And now my friends, that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and soul. And with the your help, i have no doubt that we will win. Help me to do the job and this autumn of conflict and of campaign. Yeah and we will justify our glorious paths and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honest purpose. We will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have. That was our contender this week, Adlai Stevenson accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. We are joined by historian Richard Norton smith here in Adlai Stevensons old study in liberty bell, illinois. Richard norton smith, who was this one term governor . Two millions of americans, thats all he was, a one term governor of illinois. They knew nothing more about him. They had never heard a voice like his. They did not know that in some ways, a Political Revolution was being touched off tha
The largest tax cut in the history of our country. And reform but tax cut. Youve ended the overregulation of the American Economy. And that, coupled with what we did last night, and what the house finished this morning, means america is going to start growing again. Thank you, mr. President for all youre doing. [applause] something this big, something this generational, something this profound could not have been done without exquisite president ial leadership. Mr. President , thank you for getting us over the finish line. Thank you for getting us where we are. This gets the American Economy competitive in the global economy. This is one of the most important things we could do for all of the people we represent. And were going to keep fighting and were going to make this the greatest presidency that we have seen not only in generations but maybe ever. God bless all of you. They have been working on this for years. Years and years. And i just want to turn around and i want to thank the
Record. Its the largest, i always say most massive, but its the largest tax cut in the history of our country. And reform, but tax cut. Youve ended the overregulation of the American Economy. And that, coupled with what we did last night, and what the house finished this morning, means america is going to start growing again. Thank you, mr. President , for all youre doing. [applause] something this big, something this generational, something this profound could not have been done without exquisite president ial leadership. Mr. President , thank you for getting us over the finish line. Thank you for getting us where we are. This gets the American Economy competitive in the global economy. This is one of the most important things we could do for all of the people we represent. And were going to keep fighting and were going to make this the greatest presidency that we have seen not only in generations but maybe ever. God bless all of you. They have been working on this for years. Years an
Decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care. She is at home, at their home in houston. Her husband, former george h. W. Bush is with her as are her children, three of her children, dora, marvin and neil, also her son, former president george w. Bush, and former governor jeb bush has been in and out visiting this past week. So just to give you some perspective of what, i think, a lot of people have known, that her husband, who suffers from parkinsons, has had a lot of health problems. What i think people were not so aware of is that a couple of years ago, she was diagnosed with copd, and shes been battling that and congestive Heart Failure. Shes been in and out of the hospital multiple times over the past year. She was in just last week. But barbara bush is very private, and she does not like it when people make a fuss, and i know that the family has been trying to respect her wishes. That said, on good friday, she was admitted to houston Meth