Word: paternalisme
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Seeking to link foreign and domestic policies, Nixon declared that both abroad and at home the U.S. must turn away from paternalism, from an attitude that "Washington knows best." He developed his familiar themes-less federal spending, more self-reliance. Said he: "Let us remember that America was built not...
"The present trend in Court rulings indicates to me a strong deference to the executive branch's fear of public exposure and its paternalism towards the public," Wright said.
The Nelson campaign literature has emphasized the theme that government paternalism and coercion has corroded rights and diminished the lot of productive individuals.
THE BOK style inspires such remarks. The handling of the whole Angola issue has been marked by an arrogant and spineless paternalism that is reckless in its desire to smooth, please and control all concerned.
In fact, even the word aborigine has overtones of European paternalism; many of Australia's dark people prefer their own traditional term, "Koori."