1936 Democratic Convention: VP Garner & FDR Acceptance Speeches
Convention floor & people in grandstand of stadium. Cheering crowds waving state placards & hats.
07:01:10 FDR on arm of son w/ others through curtains, pictures. LS Man introducing Garner as VP candidate.
07:02:14 Garner begins speaking: “...my words shall be as few as they shall be fervent & sincere. I am a soldier & my duty is to follow where the Commander leads. I accept the rules of war as laid down in the Platform. I am not insensible of the high honor which has been confirm upon me....I gladly accept the nomination...Franklin Delanor Roosevelt is my leader, my Commander-in-Chief...I pledge anew my allegiance to Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt.”
07:04:35 Senator Joseph Robinson speaks introducing FDR.
07:05:15 FDR at mic begins speech. Opening thru ...sustained me in my task I am grateful. For their loyalty”
Continues: “right to work and his right to live. Today we stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and half affair. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place. (applause) These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we see to to take away their power. 07:07:36 MS continued. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. (applause) In vain they seek to hide behind the Flag & the Constitution. But in their blindness they forget what the Flag & the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, for over a century and a half, the flag, the Constitution, stand against a dictatorship by mob rule & the over-privileged alike. And the flag & the Constitution stand for Democracy & not tyranny, for freedom, not subjection. (applause). Coverage skips to:
07:09:05 LS “The greatest guide of all is moral principle. We do not see faith, and hope, and charity as unattainable ideals. We use them as stout supports of a Nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization. Faith, faith in the soundness of democracy in the midst of dictatorship. Hope renewed because we know so well the progress we have made. And Charity, Charity in the true spirit of that grand old word. For charity literally translated from the original means love, the love that understands, that does not merely share the wealth of the giver, but in true sympathy helps men to help themselves. (applause).
Oration; Speech; Public Speaking Example; Politics; Political Process; Nomination; Nominees; 1936; Depression;
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1936 Democratic Convention: VP Garner & FDR Acceptance Speeches Convention floor & people in grandstand of stadium. Cheering crowds waving state placards & hats. 07:01:10 FDR on arm of son w/ others through curtains, pictures. LS Man introducing Garner as VP candidate. 07:02:14 Garner begins speaking: “...my words shall be as few as they shall be fervent & sincere. I am a soldier & my duty is to follow where the Commander leads. I accept the rules of war as laid down in the Platform. I am not insensible of the high honor which has been confirm upon me....I gladly accept the nomination...Franklin Delanor Roosevelt is my leader, my Commander-in-Chief...I pledge anew my allegiance to Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt.” 07:04:35 Senator Joseph Robinson speaks introducing FDR. 07:05:15 FDR at mic begins speech. Opening thru ...sustained me in my task I am grateful. For their loyalty” Continues: “right to work and his right to live. Today we stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and half affair. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place. (applause) These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we see to to take away their power. 07:07:36 MS continued. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. (applause) In vain they seek to hide behind the Flag & the Constitution. But in their blindness they forget what the Flag & the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, for over a century and a half, the flag, the Constitution, stand against a dictatorship by mob rule & the over-privileged alike. And the flag & the Constitution stand for Democracy & not tyranny, for freedom, not subjection. (applause). Coverage skips to: 07:09:05 LS “The greatest guide of all is moral principle. We do not see faith, and hope, and charity as unattainable ideals. We use them as stout supports of a Nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization. Faith, faith in the soundness of democracy in the midst of dictatorship. Hope renewed because we know so well the progress we have made. And Charity, Charity in the true spirit of that grand old word. For charity literally translated from the original means love, the love that understands, that does not merely share the wealth of the giver, but in true sympathy helps men to help themselves. (applause). Oration; Speech; Public Speaking Example; Politics; Political Process; Nomination; Nominees; 1936; Depression;