Profiles in Courage
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title:
Profiles in Courage
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Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators. The book, authored by John F. Kennedy with Ted Sorensen as a ghostwriter, profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity as a result. It begins with a quotation from Edmund Burke on the courage of the English statesman Charles James Fox, in his 1783 "atta
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Book by John F. Kennedy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiles_in_Courage
date created:
2004-04-11T07:22:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T22:44:24Z
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