Word: isolationist
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...That the isolationists lost in the final accounting was no thanks to Congress as a whole. Two men did most to turn the isolationist drive: Texas' little, bald, Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, and Massachusetts' long-toothed John McCormack. No heroes of the antique mold, they were political in-fighters doing a job for Franklin Roosevelt, but they sometimes seemed of heroic size in the dismal months...
There were tears in Winnie Churchill's eyes at the ovation which greeted him, from isolationist and interventionist Congressmen alike. He shoved his thick, hornrimmed glasses over his nose, blinked, balanced himself like an old sailor. With a sly grin, he made his joke, established himself as one of the boys...
...Veteran isolationist Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada, 65: "[In any peace treaty] we should take care of America first. Every other country is looking out for itself and we should look out for ourselves. Old German States should be separated and kept separated...
...Isolationist Chief Burton K. Wheeler, 59, Senator from Montana, and veteran appeaser: "I'm sorry the United States does not now have the bombs and bombers to bomb hell out of Tokyo, Kobe, and other Japanese cities. The time will come when we can bomb them and we will retaliate by making a shambles out of their cities. I would certainly show them no mercy...
...isolationist Chicago Tribune proudly reported that enlistments in Chicago were 50% higher than in New York City -taking into account the difference in population...