Word: redirect
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Dates: during 1918-1918
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...great economic problem of the war is that of redirecting our national energy. Questions of money, finance, industry, thrift, taxes, war loans, ships, food, labor,--in fact, every special question is really a part of that great question, and must be solved with reference to it. We must manage some way to redirect our national energy and bring it to bear upon the purpose of the war rather than upon the multifarious purposes of peace. The first question which we must ask regarding every question of public policy, however detailed it may be, is: How will it affect the redistribution...
...ready with its agencies and machinery for the adjudication of all disputes. To refuse to submit to such adjudication is to profess a lack of confidence in our Government. That is not a loyal thing to do in war-time, when the Government is doing its best to so redirect our national energy as to enable us to win this war. When democracy is fighting for its very life, it does not show a very high appreciation of democracy to hinder it in that fight...