Word: restrictionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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On the one hand, then, we have the absurdity of placing unequal nations on an equal plane, and on the other, an impracticable principle of unanimity among powers who, as reasonable men may, disagree on many questions. Neither Molotov, nor all the representatives who have been clamoring for restriction of...
4. Argentina demanded that the veto be discarded; India spoke for the unity of the great powers; and Venezuela urged restriction of the veto power.
Rooted in racial and economic prejudices as outmoded as Salem witch-trials, the present United States immigration policy of restriction stands as a defenseless blot on our national conscience. On ethical grounds,-America, founded and populated by millions escaping political or religious persecution, is irrevocably committed to liberal immigration. But...
Written under the twin delusions that Americans were chiefly of Anglo-Saxon origin, and that this stock was greatly preferable to Eastern and Southern European strains, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 limits total annual immigration to 150,000, with individual nations held to a number proportional to their representation...
In a neatly written English letter they explained their position to General Douglas MacArthur: "Through the kindness of SCAP, we reception girls were released from the restriction of freedom which derives from the loan with our employer. And now we have awakened to democratic ideas and are filled with hope...