Word: distrusters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Shivers and his rebels are up in arms against the overconcentration of power in Washington and against the abuse of that power. This rebellion is probably stronger in Texas than in any other large state. But Texas also has strong ties with the Democratic Party, and a deep distrust of the Republican Party. The rebellion against the New Deal may not carry Texas, as it may not carry the rest of the U.S.-but the fight in Texas is hotter than in the nation generally because Texas magnifies everything...
...from abroad), he is burning to teach it to others. He distributes good and bad grades with the same lack of discernment. Since nothing resembles anything at home, the cooking seems indigestible, the beds uncomfortable, the trains not on time, the civil servants unconscientious . . . The best local wines inspire distrust in him. The worst of rot-guts fills him with joy if it reminds him of what he drinks at home...
...city's 35,000 citizens to define his "middle road" political philosophy. Said he: "As you go further & further to the right, there is less & less concern for the individual. As we pursue this policy to its extreme . . . a resentful people become so powerful in their distrust . . . that Government must use compulsion to force its will upon them and we have tyranny . . . To the left . . . the Government does more & more of the things that are to be done, as it takes your property and compels you to work on it . . . The great problem of America today is to take...
...distinguishing mark of the Christian. Charity, in the sense of benevolence, may spring from many sources. Humility is, in my experience, almost inseparable from a Christian conception of the relationship between God and man. For by humility I do not mean a neurotic self-contempt or self-distrust, though there are forms of Christian, as of nonChristian, neurosis. The Christian realizes, on the one hand, that he is worthless apart from God, but on the other, that, as a child of God, he is infinitely precious, and dear to his Father. He appreciates the tremendous responsibility for action cast...
...attack to U.S. leaders, military men and "Wall Street imperialists," while professing to accept the U.S. people as misled, peace-loving friends; now Americans in general are depicted as beasts and cannibals; 2) previously the Russians learned most of their anti-American blasts outside of Russia, to stir up distrust and dissension; now the campaign, which began back in January 1951, is primarily beamed at the Russians themselves...