Word: judgment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kissinger returns Vance's praise, but not unreservedly. "I have extremely high regard for Vance," he says. "I like him enormously as a human being. He's done a very good job in conducting foreign policy. His strengths are his fairness, his sound judgment and his patience. If he has any weakness it's that he doesn't assert himself enough. There can be free debate within the Government, but there has to be one recognizable voice that speaks for American foreign policy...
...major target in the FBI probe, and his refusal to tender a requested resignation brought his prompt removal as head of the New York office. In any case, his accusations warrant a thorough airing, and they compel the American people to withhold a hearty round of applause for the judgment shown by Bell and his department. The verdict is still out on Gray and his fellow defendants, and the same should hold true for their prosecutors...
...decision making, I feel the story illuminates a faulty, if common, misconception of senatorial responsibility. With respect to matters of broad national concern, a legislator should represent his constituency by making the decision he feels will best serve the overall interest of the country. A Senator who makes every judgment while looking toward the next election serves neither his country nor his state...
...accept the public life, you must accept a severe restriction on your personal conduct." After some of his fellow clergymen complained that he had been a bit too explicit, Leonard said that he was merely praying that Margaret "should be given the strength to make the right judgment...
...also warned the members of the ad hoc committee that "mass opinion" would not change the Core because Harvard Faculty members base decisions on their own judgment...