Word: broad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...party is to be one of only two, it must necessarily be broad, a place where many kinds of people can find political shelter. In his little classic, Parties and Politics in America, Cornell's Clinton Rossiter writes of "the deep overlapping of the beliefs and programs and even voters of the parties. They are the creatures of compromise, coalitions of interest in which principle is muted and often even silenced. They are the vast, gaudy, friendly umbrellas under which all Americans, whoever and wherever and however-minded they be, are invited to stand for the sake of being...
Within these broad bounds, a Republican comeback begins to seem plausible. By and large, the national Republican Party still holds to Lincoln's thesis: "In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere." Today, as in Lincoln's time publican emphasis is based on a faith in the individual's right to go as far and as high as he can within the limits ot his own abilities; the Republican credo includes a certain freedom from government interference in that effort. Yet modern Republicanism also recognizes, as Lincoln...
...natural suspicion of a party that keeps too much power for too long. If this is all the Republican Party counts on, its reason for being is far less than it should be. It must aim for much more. With a tradition that can appeal to a broad consensus, with residual strength on which to build a valuable and meaningful opposition and with a young, undoctrinaire society to draw support from, the Grand Old Party can develop quite a few new opportunities...
...time, any place someone cries Communists. "A number of Latin American governments have been able to stand up against subversive elements. But it is equally true that other states are vulnerable simply because they have not yet been able to modernize their societies and to acquire the maturity, broad support, the disciplines and traditions which are elements of national unity...
...business and society at large. The issues studied include union controversies, civil rights in relation to personnel and advertising practices, ethics in advertising, business-government relations, the image of business in America, public responsibility of the manager, business abroad, industrial participation in foreign aid, and other topics of broad concern. This emphasis on the interplay between business and society underlines the purpose and aspiration of the Business School: to prepare students for management responsibility in its largest sense...