Word: bonde
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Boyishly handsome" Julian Bond's statement "I admire the courage of anyone who burns his draft card" [Dec. 16] displays an irresponsibility that deserves to be closely scrutinized by the Georgia house...
Certainly, a legislator has a duty to speak out on controversial issues, but intentional destruction of one's draft card is a federal offense. Bond's statement, then, is not a constructive pearl of wisdom about a controversial issue but an irresponsible stand on an irresponsible, criminal...
...private citizen may get away with condoning and encouraging a crime, but a private citizen has neither the status nor the responsibility of a lawmaker. As a legislator, Mr. Bond should be aware of the proper methods for amending both law and government policy. The Georgia house had damned good cause to bar him. TED KAPLAN '65 J. RICHARD MARGULIES '67 Cornell University Ithaca...
...Thomas Jefferson and James Madison would be, and every other American should be, proud of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold Julian Bond's right to dissent. Whether or not we agree with his opinion, let us never take away his right to state...
...participant in the move to refuse Julian Bond a seat in the Georgia house of representatives, I take particular interest in the story entitled "Right to Speak...