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...Prosperity politics" is not enough, said Butler. The Tory appeal must rest on two "main and realistic principles": 1) "To wield the power of the state to balance the interests within it, producing a society in which rewards go to those who are successful in increasing the wealth of the whole, and so make it possible to help others who are in need"; and 2) "So to organize our international and defense policies as to hold our position in the world...
...section of the Polish Communist Party is committed to a course of liberating Poland, not from Communism but from the brand of Communist satellitism thrust on Poland by the Russians. These "liberal" Communists are young and few in number outside Warsaw, though for the moment they wield a dominating influence in the regime. They are handicapped, first by the fact that Stalin's purging of the Polish party has left them few competent leaders, and secondly by the fact that the Polish people are in no mood to make a distinction between "good" and "bad" Communists. The Poznan trial...
...united by a single creed, I emerge with a sense of the tremendous possibilities which we may realize through the cooperation of all these Moslems, a cooperation not going beyond the bounds of their natural loyalty to their own countries, yet enabling them and their brothers in faith to wield a power without limit...
...remain in this forefront after his retirement. Although he will take more time out to enjoy boating, loud shirts, touring, and his eight grandchildren, Chafee plans to speak out more strongly than ever for the protection of freedom of expression. In retirement, he feels, there will be opportunity to wield an aggressive lance in defense of this freedom...
...symbol. Kings, emperors, and Führers are built up by ambitious power-seekers who could not be elected to office themselves. Our power-seekers try to make our chief executive into a monarch, and our sober constitutional executive branch into a glamorous imperial household, in which they will wield the hidden powers...