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William J. Bennett -- former drug czar, former Secretary of Education and long-shot conservative possibility for President somewhere down the road -- is a sturdy Roman who wants to restore the virtues in a dissolute time...
...book, he manages to override the Roman model. Bennett suggests a superior truth about the American character: Americans do not care so much about differences in culture or even in color (despite much rancid history under that heading) as they care about character as it is expressed in behavior. The American challenge now is not to pay homage to every cultural variation and appease every ethnic sensitivity, but rather to encourage universally accepted ideals of behavior: self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, perseverance, honesty, loyalty and faith...
...WILLIAM BENNETT, Secretary of Education under Reagan. Wisecrack: To Secret Service agents after speech (as reported by Donald Hodel, below): You mean I don't get to be President...
December 11, 1993. Bennett Street Cafe, The Charles Hotel...
...Bennett '97 bought a ticket, butcanceled his trip to New Haven to study for a Chem5 test on Monday...