Word: mindedness
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After men had quibbled, nit picked, and clashed for some time, a great legislator would come along. He couldn't exactly force people to live properly; that would contradict Rousseau's belief that a populace must retain sovereignty, misguided though it might be. Instead, Rousseau's Supermen would skillfully persuade...
ALL OF WHICH is too bad, because in Britain, the literary tradition of politics lives on. Politicians there, for the most part, are less afraid of high-minded language and ideas than are America's. The walls of Parliament resound with far more allusions to history, literature, or poetry than...
Though several of his heroes, like Thompson, the Hyde Park orator, lived in poverty, Foot avoids the common error of identifying poverty as a virtue. Those leaders who surmounted poverty, or better yet, reached great political or cultural heights while enveloped in it, are to be admired; but to Foot...
Where the ax will fall is another question seriously troubling defense-minded Congressmen. Some fear that the Administration will primarily reduce scheduled increases in the Operations and Maintenance account, which covers spare parts, ammunition and training. In contrast to slowdowns in weapons procurement, which take years to be reflected in...
Owen's single-minded devotion pays real dividends: $9,000 in annual income from attorneys who use him to do research. (He invests the money primarily in his personal 3,000-volume library.) Charging $7.50 an hour, Owen easily undercuts the $22 to $25 fees asked by law students...