Here, a century and a half ago, our nation was born. Here was adopted the declaration of independence, which proclaimed our freedom. All men are created equal. They are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The constitution of the United States guarantees our freedom, which determines neither king nor dictator, but only we the people shall rule. music dr. Franklin, you have just come from the Constitutional Convention. What have we got, a republic or a monarchy . A republic, if you can keep it so. A prophetic statement from Benjamin Franklin is the Constitutional Convention ended its labors in september 1787. A republic, if you can keep it so. It was here in philadelphia the George Washington penned his immortal farewell address, and which he established the Great American tradition unbroken for 145 years and our safeguard against dictatorship and tyranny, that no president should serve for a third term. mu
I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans, in we want wilkie, and as we watch on images of him on the campaign trail, we are joined here, in russia indiana, with wilkie. I want to introduce her audience, to some of these iconic images, of the campaign, they really surrounded the ground or thought. He ran for president , and try to defeat roosevelt, who is seeking a third term. The end of the hovered ministration, going for eight years in the result administration, roosevelt was president roosevelt right at the height of his power, and that opened up a time for a dark horse candidate to come outside of the political spectrum. Keep in mind the state of the Republican Party, this was a party that had been defeated by roosevelt in 1932. Off landed in 1836, so, what were the republicans looking for, and why was your grandfather the
The life of Wendell Willkie. I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some damages some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with David Willkie. I want you to introduce the cabinet audiences of some of the fervor. Your grandfather ran for president and try to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. Was seeking a third term. Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac. Grew up in elwood. When they married, this was the place they generally call home. In the family, my great great grandfather had lost his shirt during the depression. Instead of giving his father in law a handout, when the willkie and bought a farm land. He asked his fatherinlaw if he would manage it. How much time did he spend no ques
Live coverage begins at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. [cheering] we want willkie we want willkie we want willkie i stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and the preservation of american democracy. [applause] as your nominee, i will have an aggressive fighting campaign. [applause] we want willkie the republicans in we want wi llkie. Wendell willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with david willkie, his grandson. I want you to introduce the audience to some of the fervor. As were seeing from these Iconic Images from the 1940s campaign that surrounded your grandfather as he ran for president and tried to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. What an exciting time in the country. We are entering the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the Roosevelt Administration. President roosevelt was right at the height of
All men are created equal. They are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Narrator near here was adopted the constitution of the United States which guarantees our freedom, determines neither king nor dictator, but only we the people shall rule. Dr. Franklin, you have just come from the Constitutional Convention. What have we got, a republic or a monarchy . A republic, if you can keep it so. Narrator a prophetic statement from Benjamin Franklin is the Constitutional Convention ended its labors in september of 1787. A republic, if you can keep it so. It was here in philadelphia the George Washington penned his immortal farewell address, and which he established the Great American tradition unbroken for 145 years and our safeguard against dictatorship and tyranny, that no president should serve for a third term. Friends and fellow citizens, the period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executi