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Billy's fondest hope is to spark a real religious revival in the U.S., and if any one person can do it, he is a likely candidate. He can prophesy: "The greatest sin of America is our disregard of God . . . God has allowed evil nations to be destroyed by other wicked nations . . . God may allow Russia to destroy America. Russia will get it in the end, but she may destroy America ... It may take persecution and humiliation to bring America to God . . . There's nothing wrong with being rich, but we're using so much...
...widely recognized. His cases had included a $1,700,000 judgment, a hearing by lantern before a backwoods justice of the peace, and the defense of a Communist arrested for selling the Daily Worker on a public square. (Years later he wrote in a Supreme Court opinion that to disregard Communists' legal rights would be to "cast aside protection for the liberties of more worthy critics who may be in opposition to the Government of some future...
...loudest senatorial reaction came from a close friend of McCarthy. Indiana's Republican William Jenner. Jenner complained that the Watkins Committee had ignored "the most important evidence" that the "Communist world conspiracy" is attempting to discredit McCarthy. His analysis seemed to disregard an important fact: the Watkins Committee did not criticize McCarthy for any word or deed against any Communist conspirator, but for his conduct toward established institutions and loyal citizens...
...action drew a sharp protest from the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which called upon the University to disregard "legally unsubstantiated political criticism . . . and consider only the individual's competence in his chosen field...
...days," the colonel replied. "You proceeded on a mission without orders." A rotund, familiar figure with a cigar was also on hand at Biggin Hill. Sir Winston Churchill, 79, who had driven seven miles from his country house at Chartwell, addressed his visitor, with his usual disregard for any language but English, as "Monsoor Mends Fra-a-ance." Then the old British bulldog and the spry little Frenchman drove off in Churchill's limousine to dis cuss the fate of Europe...