...significance (any more than Roosevelt did when he came to deliver the words), set down the sentence, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." [From The Nation, Dec. 10, 17, and 24, 1930] FIGHTING UNEMPLOYMENT I. ORGANIZING THE LABOR MARKET (BY...

...significance (any more than Roosevelt did when he came to deliver the words), set down the sentence, "I pledge you. I pledge myself, to. a new deal for the American people." [From The Nation, Dec. 10, 17, and 24, 1930] FIGHTING UNEMPLOYMENT I. ORGANIZING THE LABOK MARKET (Br...

...is just around the corner. President Hoover, in the presidential election campaign of 1932 Source B I pledge you. I pledge myself to a New Deal for the American people. Give me your help to win this crusade to restore America. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the presidential...

...works projects, and a refinancing of farm and home mortgages. Roosevelt went on in his speech to say, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people ...," and thus, the New Deal was born, and the federal government became much more directly involved...

...Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt. When Roosevelt accepted the nomination for president, he had declared, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." No one, least of all Roosevelt, knew exactly what programs and policies the New Deal would include....

...American public address. In what was considered a throw-away line by his advisors, Roosevelt stated, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people" (659). Thus was born the Rooseveltian New Deal — despite the fact that Roosevelt never offered a...

...in office, but with no power or authority, and with the economic crisis becoming worse by the day. I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. From Roosevelt's acceptance speech to the Democratic Party, Chicago, 1932. QUESTIONS 1 How did Roosevelt's...

...Commercialisation of Human . Berkeley CA: I 'niversity of California Press. Contract and Jungle Doing deals 'I pledge you - I pledge myself - to a new deal for the American people,' promised Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression. And doubtless prime minister Blair...

...the only hope to save the USA from revolution. SOURCE A Roosevelt speaking during the 1 932 campaign I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. This is more than a political campaign. It is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone,...

...materialism) and called on them to "abandon the false prophets." Near the end, FDR uttered his famous line, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." He then resumed the language of holy war: "Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets...