Word: dominione
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...from Washington headed south through the green hills of Virginia last week. "Y'all have a good time," ordered Lyndon B. Johnson as his spouse and nine Cabinet wives left the White House on the First Lady's two-day "Landscapes and Landmarks" tour of the Old Dominion. A late arrival was Muriel Humphrey, wife of the Vice President, who managed to join the silver Trailways bus 40 minutes down the road...
...soil is more fertile, and its population density only half that of its smaller neighbor. What it shares is a common history of chaos. As in Haiti, bloody rebellions drove out the European governors, first the French in 1809, then the Spanish who had tried to reassert their dominion. No sooner had the Dominican Republic declared its independence in 1821 than it was invaded by neighboring Haiti, which occupied the country for 22 brutal years. The Haitians banned all foreign priests, severed papal relations, closed the University of Santo Domingo, and levied confiscatory taxes. Not until 1844, when Haiti...
This is the richest, most powerful country which ever occupied this globe. The might of past empires is little compared to ours. But I do not want to be the President who built empires, or sought grandeur, or extended dominion. I want to be the President who educated young children to the wonders of their world...
...word on Viet Nam. Our purpose, our objective there, is clear: to join in the defense and protection of freedom of a brave people who are under attack that is controlled and that is directed from outside their country. We have no ambition there for ourselves. We seek no dominion. We seek no conquest. We seek no wider war. But we must all understand that we will persist in the defense of freedom, and our continuing actions will be those which are justified and those that are made necessary by the continuing aggression of others...
Scripture says that Jesus Christ, this carpenter's son, triumphed over death's dominion by his Resurrection, and through his teachings revealed the way to eternal salvation. Thus each year, with Christmas trees and carols, tinsel and toys, his followers commemorate the moving and gentle story of the crib in a Bethlehem stable. It is a celebration of eternity's intersection with time and of Christianity's living faith in the promise of Jesus: "Lo, I am with you always, to the close...