Word: america
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Public opinion and the light of criticism are indispensable to the success of popular government. In times of war, however, they must be tempered by the incontravertible necessity of centralization of power and responsibility. America now has its powerful administration; England long ago created its war council. They both are actuated by the principle that democratic forms must be sacrificed in times of national emergency. They allow for healthy criticism, but they demand a complete freedom from petty interference and partisan dissension. In America and England there have been mistakes and many of them. Human nature is far from infallible...
...thousands of yesterday have become the billions of today as America enters the second year of her financial support of the war. Large figures no longer attract attention and have become the rule rather than the exception. Yet anyone who attempts a mental picture of a billion dollars or a million men is astounded by their magnitude. We may take pride in the greatness of our resources, but we may wonder at the strain they are now standing...
...such a time as this that American development has kept pace with the increase in our national needs. The Civil War strained northern finances almost to a breaking-point. It is the source of our strength that the far greater demands of the present can be met by the America of today. Billions are tremendous drains on any nation and involve the necessity of every economy and saving. But billions we have in America, every cent of which we are ready to pour in the stream of the day's obligation...
...enemy is now making his supreme assault upon all that we believe and hold dear. The answer of America should be--More men now. --New York Independent...