Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...physicians insist upon sacred periods of leisure, they must associate with one another, either as partners or as a corporation, and they must see to it that one or more of their number shall be constantly ready to respond to night calls...
...America does not fear us; America knows there is no possibility of war with Great Britain?then why does Washington insist on limiting our navy below the strength the Admiralty states we require? . . . [Referring to a point in the U. S. proposal, and banging his fist on the table] This is perfect nonsense!" Immediately Mr. Gibson demanded a retraction which Viscount Cecil made...
...some of it destructive, some of it synthetic, some of it mass-produced. We go to chain theatres and movies; we watch somebody else knock a ball over the fence or kick it over the goal bar. I do that and I believe in it. I do, however, insist that no other organized joy has values comparable to the joys of the out-of-doors. We gain less from the other forms in moral stature, in renewed purpose in life, in kindness and in all the fishing beatitudes. We gain none of the constructive rejuvenating joy that comes from return...
Human nature is fair enough not to impute to its leaders the desire for glory as a motivating force, but it does insist that glory be the consequence of a brave advance. Where thought of honor played no part in the inspiration to action, honor, especially of the tawdry vaudeville variety, is out of place following the consummation of the deed. All glory adulation and honor to the pioneers, but when humanity makes step onward and upward without ringing bells whose clamor grows harsh, and firing too loud cannon, that will be news...
...Paris who might "show him around a little." Colonel Roosevelt complied. To Ambassador Myron Timothy Herrick he wrote: "This will introduce to you . . . a real sportsman . . . Captain Lindbergh is modest. He won't ask you to do anything for him. If I were you, however, I would insist upon seeing something...