Profiles in Courage
In John F. Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage, he discusses men who he believes to be politically courageous. He points out in each case how they stood up for what they believed in no matter what the consequences. JFK goes into detail about eight different men, including, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster and Thomas Hart Benton. Some of these men were hated and mocked by their own political party and very few others were praised and earned the respect of their country.John Quincy Adams was a Massachusetts Senator. His support of the Embargo Bill, which cut off all trade with Great Britain, caused him great unpopularity. He was a Federalist. His party, his constituents, and even his home state was against the Embargo Bill, but he supported it on the fact that he was looking at the effect on the whole country not only the state he was representing. He knew he would be hated for his decision to support the Bill, but he did what he thought would be best for the country.Daniel Webster was a Federalist and a representative for Massachusetts in the House of Representatives and in the US Senate. He was against slavery but when it became a question of preserving the Union, he did what he thought would be best for the countr
He was re-elected to the Senate because he had earned the voters respect by showing the courage that he did. This would bring the country out of poverty. He was dismissed by Texas Legislation and a man who felt more strongly about the views of a southern extremist was put in his place. He spoke in front of the Senate on this matter as an America, not a man from Massachusetts. " When Houston supported the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, that was the last straw that held his career together. Ross went under a lot of pressure from his fellow Republicans who wished for Johnson to be impeached. He came back two years later, though, and became Governor of Texas. He used this position in order to continue his fight against the succession of the Union. They needed his vote in order to succeed. During this time, the War Crimes Trials of the Axis leaders(or the Nuremberg Trials) were going on. He chose these particular men because he believed them to be some of the most politically courageous men ever.
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