Word: defeatists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...article in the new, fortnightly War and the Working Class, Soviet trade-union publication, named U.S. Publishers William R. Hearst, Joseph M. Patterson, Robert R. McCormick and Scripps-Howard's Roy W. Howard as "representing reactionary, defeatist, isolationist circles whose anti-Soviet campaign is designed to throw suspicion on Soviet foreign policy." Said War and the Working Class: "They circularize false, fabricated conflicts between the Soviet Union and its allies-a line which fully corresponds to the interests of Hitler's agents who are speculating on disruption...
Lest it be assumed that I have grown tired of this war, let me point out that is not the case. I am neither defeatist nor pacifist. I fully appreciate the necessity of carrying this war to an end which will be satisfactory to the United States and her Allies, but let's not deceive ourselves into thinking that we will be the only gainer and our enemies the only losers...
...dangers of this belief, says Dr. Niebuhr, are threefold: 1) to believe that nothing is perfect tempts man to become defeatist toward culture and politics; 2) the frivolous are tempted to "sin that grace may abound," and 3) the rich and powerful are tempted to believe that God has ordained social inequalities...
...saying this as a defeatist but as a patriot whose prime concern is the preservation of the British Empire. So long as the German Government allows me, I will be here to help...
...Everyone appearing before the committee favored increasing the production of cargo aircraft, but there was a defeatist attitude on the part of some. A defeatist attitude is not warranted by the facts...