Word: humanism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Government is a contrivance of human wisdom," Anderson said, quoting English philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke. "We must wonder what he (Burke) would say now that human wisdom is in such short supply," he added...
...United States policy on human rights is certainly the best support for people who dare to question the goals of their society and who denounce the abuses and injustices committed by their governments. In Romania, according to Georgescu, every aspect of expression including the press, book publishing, and intellectual life is under the control of the party...
Discrimination against Iranians here disrupts the democratic process, the image of the United States, and the country's credibility on human rights. An enlightened attitude towards the Iranians would be a clear message to the whole world that this country's is united in the cause of human solidarity and rights. In practical terms, the psychological effect of a reaction of sympathy for the Iranians in this country would be a statement of understanding to the peoples in Iran. Furthermore, the students and ex-students here should be encouraged to continue their studies in the eventuality that one day they...
...thinking "kill." Extra-careful precautions should be taken not to offend the Iranian people's religious sensitivities, nor to arouse any prejudices on the part of the people of the U.S.A., for the scars of this whole incident would take a long time to heal and would take the human rights movement back a long way. If Islamic practices are ridiculed it could create a deleterious reaction on the part of the world's seven hundred million Muslims and the "white devil" myth and its association with colonialism could surface to complicate the problem even more...
...candidness and seeming simplicity of the characters suggest that what Wentworth called Felix's "confident, gaily trenchant way of judging human actions" is indeed sufficient and satisfying--"criticism made easy...