Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ready for More? London and Washington cautiously agreed with MacArthur that the 38th parallel should be crossed if he and his fellow generals deemed it tactically necessary. But the statesmen of Whitehall and Foggy Bottom objected to the political implications of the supreme commander's statement, and questioned whether he had not exceeded his military authority by discussing political matters (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Censorship and "loyalty" investigations, he stated, produce "submissive" people, teachers who advocate only "approved" doctrines, writers who never produces critical and independent works, and statesmen who suppress many of their ideas for fear of removal from office...
...fantastic to believe that such ruthless warriors could also be moved by honest piety; to Hume, such a blend of piety and piracy seemed perfectly typical of human nature. More recently, Britain's Lord Dunsany declared that the "adventure of the Crusades [was] the wisest policy that European statesmen ever formulated," because it cleared all the gangsters out of Europe and gave "the arts of peace ... a chance to blossom...
Neither extreme is justified. The two-term limit is not, as Representative Joe Martin claims, a "victory over totalitarianism." Georgia has had a one-term limit on its governors, who have hardly been models of democratic statesmen. Nor will it destroy the freedom of choice between parties which is the important part of elections today...
...other Japanese politicians whom Dulles will see were ready for some close negotiating. The anti-Communist Japanese have little doubt about whose side they are on, but it was as plain as the peak of Mount Fuji that, in return for a pro-U.S. policy, Japan's statesmen intend to squeeze as much U.S. aid as they can out of any peace treaty...