Word: absolutist
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...America is what it is because it is absolutist - impractically, incorrigibly so - about democracy, access and freedom. We support openness and participation even when it's impractical, even when it's counterproductive. This is the difference between a society based on principle and one based on utility. Not to mention the difference between us and the French...
...send anybody these checks," I said to my wife. "Kittens! Angels!" Yes, my check No. 5222 had an angel on it. I know I'm on record as saying that the only exception I make to an absolutist belief in the free-speech guarantees of the First Amendment is that people who show slides of their trip to Europe should be put in jail for a very long time. But I've been sorely tempted lately to make another exception for people who correspond on notepaper that has angels...
...French history, it would probably have been difficult to avoid. The lessons drawn about the later emergence of Napoleon can also be considered from two perspectives: while some consider it an end point of the French Revolution, it can also be seen as a sign that the demons of absolutist power had roots deeper than a hundred-year-old colonial domination. ERIC SARRIOT Towson...
...Though he was mercilessly critical of Clinton's halfhearted prosecution of the war in Kosovo, he agreed that American interests and credibility were threatened and that force was justified. He has since said that he "was completely wrong" to oppose similar action in Bosnia. "John's not an absolutist," says Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel. "In this kind of world, that would be damn dangerous...
...journalist. That means two things. One, I'm as much of a free speech absolutist as one can be. Two, I'm a cynic. But, I am also a traditionalist. Like most people, I want to vote for people who believe in things. I have ideals, and my favorite politicians are all idealists...