Word: self-respect
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...intricate problems in a positive way that is perhaps unique in the history of global powers; it is following the rule of law rather than of prideful chauvinism. In heeding the natural desire of its allies to uphold the integrity of their laws, the U.S. is contributing to allied self-respect and thereby to the strength of the coalition. By watching vigilantly over the lot of its men in foreign courts, the U.S. is extending around the world its concern for and its principles of justice and law. And under the status-of-forces agreements now operative, the U.S. conveys...
Sophisticated students may ridicule the A and those who seek it. But when they accept a lower mark, perhaps a B-, as minimal for self-respect, they are mislead into believing that B- stands for an important, measurable level of learning...
Sophisticated students may speak with contempt of the A and those who seek it, but when they accept a lower mark, perhaps a B-, as minimal for self-respect, they still operate under the same false standards. They are misled into believing that B-stands for some important, measurable level of learning...
With this team, Macmillan had to get Britain past the immediate crisis brought on by the blockage of the canal. He had to restore some self-respect to the Tory Party. In foreign policy, his first priority was to re-establish the old confidence between the U.S. and Britain. It was a task easier for Macmillan, who during the Suez crisis had described himself as "half American," than for Eden. Washington, which rebuffed all recent attempts of Eden...
...grateful that it was not matched by anti-British feelings in America. A tendency to blame the other fellow is usually a sign of one's own weakness and lack of self-confidence. But while anti-Americanism is mainly a bad sign, it may also be a sign of something good in Britain. There is something patriotic in it. There is self-respect in it, too, and it's not entirely a bad thing if a lot of Britons think that Britain has been in the right. What must be done, in Macmillan's eyes...