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...skepticism of the masses, justified somewhat, wrote off the surest (if slowest) engine of social change. Even if programs come out of a vacuum, they still require public cooperation to make an impact. A broader perspective on power would include society-how societal constraint and coercion generate power. The mass of the public may prove resistant to change, but that inertia is the critical variable. The public provides the climate, if not the specific cues, in which the government sets policy. That climate determines how well the ministry party pulls together on crucial issues. Crossman's focus would distort...
...been peaceful, while others were shouting for victory-but of the other side. "Ho, Ho, Ho-Chi Minh, Southeast Asia's gonna win! Ho, Ho, Ho-Chi-Minh, South Asia's gonna win!" All of them seemed to have despaired of discussion and persuasion, and to prefer shouting and coercion. What they were practicing was not freedom of speech, but its organized denial...
None of the research at the Center for International Affairs is secret. All questions relating to it can and should be discussed with concerned students. But they must not be the subject of organized disruption and coercion...
...terms," he emphasized that he does not intend to press any harder toward desegregation than the Supreme Court requires. In a characteristic bit of Nixonian philosophy, he observed: "If we are to be realists, we must recognize that in a free society there are limits to the amount of coercion that can reasonably be used...
...West German delegation this week. Meanwhile, Brandt was in Britain seeking support for his policy. After receiving an honorary doctorate of civil law at Oxford, Brandt said in Latin that his aim was "an equitable and lasting peace system in Europe under which individuals and nations are safe from coercion and can determine their own destiny...