Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...desire nor expect to vote for senators or members of the House of Representatives; they are the representatives of the people of Massachusetts. But the privilege of voting for the president is a thing so vital to all of us who are devoted to the higher interest of the nation and eager to play an honorable part in the great experiment of democratic government upon this continent that it appears more than probable that, with sufficient energy and able leadership, the legislature of Massachusetts will be prevailed upon to act favorably on a petition of this character from the many...
...citizens from participating in the election of the president. Our local or material interests have, or should have, very little to do with our choice of him who is the servant of all the people of the United States. The president is the spiritual and executive head of the nation in his hands our destinies largely lie. As citizens of the United States we are equally interested in who, by our suffrage, shall reign in the White House, whether our legal residences be in Maine or California...
...President has kept a purely technical peace which no one ever sought to interrupt, but he has, in doing it, lowered America in the eyes of the world to a point which no civilized Caucasian nation ever reached before. The American government has not one friend among the peoples of the world today, and those who dare to maintain that American ideals are as sound as they ever were can only plead that the present administration does not represent the true state of public opinion in the country. If we are not to stand self-confessed as willing to surrender...
...loss of American lives on the Lusitania; we failed to prevent British bullying and piracy on the high seas. Had we made our principle of strict accountability clear and unmistakable before the Lusitania sailed, we might have prevented a great catastrophe, and moreover retained the respect of a great nation. Had we brought England to her senses by so simple an expedient as the stoppage of munitions, we might have prevented the pilfering of our mails and an insolent dictation in our private affairs. Thanks to Wilson's compliancy, we may soon find ourselves among those peaceful but weak nations...
...they were on the threshold of their majority. Today they have crossed it. Four years ago their interest in politics was academic. Today it is practical. Four years ago the ballot was a symbol. Today it is a weapon for good or ill. Fortunately for the destiny of the nation, youth is idealistic. Its eyes are on the future. It is living in today and tomorrow, not yesterday. Its vision is clear and its heart sound. It is safe to predict that in the momentous election in which it will participate this year for the first time it will...