Word: belief
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...basic tenets on which we are fighting this war is the belief that a man's race or color has nothing to do with his capacity for becoming a useful and loyal citizen. That a group in our midst should suddenly declare its lack of faith in this principle, and fall in line with the idiocy of the superiority myth of our enemies is a dangerous breach in our democratic front...
Menzel and Aller, obtaining their results from a study of "enhanced" and "forbidden" lines in the spectra of planetaries, view the new findings as confirming their belief that the same proportion of elements make up all things in the universe...
Professor Friedrich's "New Belief in the Common Man" is a rare example of the political thcoretician's ability to write good literature. The volume (based for the most part on a series of Lowell Institute Lectures) is no less delightful than it is profound. As a discussion of its important theme, it is indispensable not only to the student of government, but also to anyone who wishes to understand the crucial problems of our time. It bears its reasoned faith with grace and charm; and as an exercise in the delicate art of conducting controversy it is a model...
Broadly speaking, the crux of the argument consists in a belief that the rule of the people, fumbling though it often is will ultimately result in fewer mistakes than any dictatorship of a self-appointed clite. Faced by a new aristocracy of the "expert," Professor Friedrich, himself a high ranking member of that aristocracy, is still sufficiently plebian to assert his faith in the common man's capacity for self-government. This faith is "an extraordinary one." Historically considered, it has often remained inarticulate, since by nature "the intellectual is predisposed toward the uncommon man: he strives to be uncommon...
...democratic process of decision and a self-imposed routine of carrying out decisions. "What is required," he writes, "is a willingness and ability to take orders and instructions and to carry them out faithfully, even when you disagree." The book concludes with a clarion call for a new belief in the common man, the core of the democratic creed...