Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Prime Minister has asked me to point out that he has never given utterance to any such words or ideas as those attributed to him; he has the deepest respect and admiration for the Prime Minister of Burma, both as a great leader of his nation and as a man of profound religious conviction...
...Eden in Washington. Diplomatist George Kennan to the contrary, international relations are not mere projections of practical national-power interests ; foreign affairs are also a quest for justice, in which each nation is indeed its brother's keeper, and the sovereignty of each is limited by a "decent respect" for the moral judgments of the others...
...whirlwinding political talents of Oregon's Democratic Senator Wayne Morse are held in high respect even by his enemies-and by no one more than Oregon's Republican Governor Paul Patterson. "Anyone," says Patterson, "who takes lightly the strength of Wayne Morse is being a damned fool." Last week Paul Patterson, no fool, announced that he will undertake the forbidding task of running against Morse for the U.S. Senate this year. Observers gave him a fair chance of winning...
...letter published in the CRIMSON's The Mail, Jerry A. Coons believes that the United States' stand in refuting the Admission of Red China to the United Nations is based merely upon an observance and respect for the principles set forth in that organization's Charter. In reference to Red China Mr. Coons states, "The United States has been fighting a battle for the specific provisions of the U.N. Charter. This is not a rearguard action, but a forth-right action." In concluding, also referring to Red China, he says, "If we are to bring in immoral 'aggressor' nations...
Franklin earned the world's respect for himself and his young country by the simple process of being his commonsensical self. And common sense is the quality that shines in all the Franklin works, from Poor Richard's early-to-bed, early-to-rise almanac platitudes to his witty letters. Yet Franklin's "dear country" needs, in the 20th century, more than common sense-and there is more than that to be found in Franklin's life and writings. It took more than common sense-namely, guts-to face the wigs of 18th-century Europe...