Word: evils
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...grip of a great coal famine, which, before it is past, will bring suffering to the highest as well as to the lowest. Its ramifications extend to every branch of our life; its crushing effect on industry makes vain every attempt to minimize its evil. Its paralyzing consequences are felt by the ships at sea and in the nations beyond...
...Suppression of any sort is a consequent loss of originality. Even though the obnoxious idea in question is momentarily crushed, and the man who advanced it is discharged, there is a doubly evil effect--the question is brought into greater prominence than before, and others professors find themselves afraid to step at all beyond the limits of complete conventionality. For fear of suppression they dare not carry on their work nor their investigations...
...required to save the country. I wholly disagree with the arguments of the Government that the First Amendment left the common law as to seditious libel in force. History seems to me against the nation. Only the emergency that makes it immediately dangerous to leave the correction of evil counsels to time warrants making any exception to the sweeping command. "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech." Of course, I am speaking only of expressions of opinion and exhortations, which were all that were uttered here. In their conviction upon this indictment the defendants suffered a great...
...keen-sighted reformers will surely include in their program of elimination coffee and tea, which are deathly poisons, and candy, which deteriorates the nation. One by one will the products of the earth be blacklisted, since evil is evidently the essence of all things; and oh what happiness when men shall be delivered from the universe! What glory then for out pessimists, who alone can bring about reforms! They lead us wisely, for they see clearly that if men be allowed to retain their personal liberty to make use of, or to abstain from, alcohol, nicotine, and other curses from...
...forever defeat the enemies of law and order by refusing to countenance or continue any acts of violence or unlawfulness. Any act which leaves the citizens of a great city helpless before a wave of crime is monstrous in its conception. Every loyal American must constantly combat the evil forces which seek to cause unrest in industry and to weaken our government...