Word: moralize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...words reminded Americans?and the world?that humanity does have a higher nature. Said Monsignor John Tracy Ellis, leading ecclesiastical historian at Catholic University: "The greatest contribution that the Pope's visit can make to our nation is focusing upon and emphasizing the need for a revival of morality. John Paul is a man of singular sophistication; he is no pious goose. But he is a moral leader?or he isn't anything...
Millions of Americans could agree last week that they had seen a moral leader at work...
Again and again he preached against materialism, exhorting the rich to share their wealth with the poor, nationally and internationally, while reminding the poor that God loves the rich too. New York Times Columnist James Reston noted that, with the possible exception of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, John Paul "condemned the moral anarchy, sexual license and material consumerism in this country more than any social critic. Yet somehow, despite his condemnation of our spiritual bewilderment, he has been received here with more applause than any religious or secular leader in the world...
...those few minutes, condensed out of a weekend's worth of meetings and marches, T.V. viewers saw policemen use mace and clubs and dogs and firehoses to disperse protesters, so much violence that many of the demonstrators claimed a moral victory...
Erica Jong, best-selling author of "Fear of Flying" and "How to Save Your Own Life" said last night women have not resolved the conflict between 20th century ideas of sexual liberation and the moral codes their parents told them to obey...