Word: sanctions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cordell Hull has not only sharply declined, in most specific terms, to sanction any movement designed to make him a candidate; he has stated he will refuse to run. But the wise men know that Mr. Hull's reluctance can be overcome and when that will be-when his trade agreement program is safely in harbor. Solemnly all Washington admits that if Mr. Hull today were to be given his choice of the Presidency or the success of his program, he would unhesitatingly choose the latter. No higher tribute could be paid a U. S. politician in an election...
...good for Gentiles, it is not the best religion for Jews. To cherish it in withdrawal from the rest of society may be defended in a hostile environment . . . but in the environment of American tolerance ... it is not fair to democracy to cherish a religious faith which provides a sanction for racial or cultural or any other form of separatism...