Word: respect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...part from this structure of patriotic unity. I make no plea for leniency toward those who are criminal or vicious, are open enemies of society and are not prepared to accept the true standards of our citizenship. By tolerance I do not mean indifference to evil. I mean respect for different kinds of good. Whether one traces his Americanism back two or three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here...
...defended it as better than the alternative of subjecting England to "a crippling industrial struggle." He replied as follows to those Conservatives who urged that the British Government crush British Communism by Fascist tactics: "I've been told that this country wants a Mussolini. I have great respect for the chief minister of a great country like Italy, but I know the temperament of my own people. The English people will never tolerate a dictator. The English people will never tolerate being Prussianized, nor, may I add, Russianized...
...America knows me well enough to have every confidence that I shall do the right thing with respect to the country as well as the Salvation Army...
Statistics recently compiled illustrate how successfully this "quick turnover" policy is being followed in respect to the commodities most greatly in demand...
Although the retail grocer has the highest turnover, yet wholesalers as a class outrank retailers in this respect. The fact that all stocks of clothing and groceries turn over twice as rapidly as drugs, hardware and shoes throws considerable light on the greater success of chain store organizations of late years in just these two fields...