charity, 164, 171
see also welfare system, welfare state
Chesterton, Gilbert K., 170–71
children, 198, 204, 207, 210, 224, 225, 229, 242, 246, 250, 258
Chinese proverb, 80, 146
Christians, 73
Churchill, Winston, 15, 39–40, 69, 74, 88–89, 131, 154, 243
Cicero, Marcus, 18, 90–91, 131–32, 155
cities, violence in, 85
citizenship:
accountability, 104–5
responsible, 22
City Upon a Hill, 7
civil liberty, 7
Civil War, U.S., 67
civilization, 35, 51, 86–87, 100
decline of, 8, 110
coercion, 72, 82
Cold War, 73
Colossians, Epistle to, 161
Commager, Henry Steele, 10
communication, 158, 251
communism, 25, 38, 48, 49, 56, 77, 129, 136, 180
Communist Party USA, 49, 73
compassion, 206
computers, 194
Conant, James, 94
confidence, 196
Confucius, 145–46, 156
confusion, 80
Congress, U.S., 3, 13, 60, 189, 234, 246
conscience, 155, 200, 205
conservatism, 18, 185
Constitution, U.S., 5–6, 10, 25, 26, 42, 54, 60
abuse of, 83
misconstruction of, 9, 60
presidential powers and, 14–15
Coolidge, Calvin, 23, 44
corruption, 222
costrophobia, 246
Cotton, John, 53
courts, 26
credit, 204
crime, 102, 190, 222, 254
criticism, 150, 152, 173, 194, 226, 242
crowd control, 253
Cub Scouts, 28
Czechoslovakia, 131
debt, public, 109
deceit, 160
Declaration of Independence, 34, 61, 124
defense, 23, 70
deficits, 16–17, 22
democracy, 6, 74, 97, 132, 143
Democrats, 179, 184, 191
demonstrations, public, 101
Demosthenes, 71
Denning, Alfred “Tom,” Lord, 54
despotism, 4, 9
destiny of man, 88
Dickinson, John, 118
dictatorship, 15, 97
dieting, 191
diplomacy, 48–49
disability, 96
disadvantages, overcoming, 145–46
disagreement, 171
discipline, 242
doctors, 209, 216–17, 231, 240
duty, 88, 89, 154, 263
Eban, Abba, 80
Ecclesiastes, Book of, 160
Eckerman, Johann Peter, 79
economists, 192
economy and economics, 11, 23–24, 190
planned vs. unplanned, 103
virtue of, 109
Eden, 222
Edison, Thomas A., 220
education, 83, 86, 94–95, 99, 158, 177–78, 211, 225
federal control of, 21, 185–86
Einstein, Albert, 230
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 70
electric chair, 102
emancipation, 58
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 141
employment, 41
enemy, 252
equality, 55, 133
error, prevalence of, 79
estate, progressive, 24
Etienne, Henry, 217
evil, 59, 161
exaggeration, 191, 196
excellence, 170
existence, 73
Exodus, Book of, 161
experience, 210, 239
expertise, reliance on, 19
faith, 170–71
Federalist Papers, 57
Federalists, 6
finances, 26
fishing, 191, 200, 230
flattery, 203, 204
fools, 160
Ford, Gerald, 234–35
foreign aid, 18, 131–32, 255
foreign policy, 132–33, 134
forgetfulness, 197
forgiveness, 170–71, 211, 252
Frankl, Viktor, 164
free enterprise, 15, 22, 25, 40, 149, 255
free markets, 9–10, 103
freedom, 104–5; see also liberty
freedom from want, 85
freedom of choice, 33, 60, 61, 62
freedom of the individual, 51
freedom of religion, 28
freedom of the press, 13–14, 35, 36
friendship, 83
frugality, of government, 12–13, 14, 109
Fulbright, J. William, 10, 129
future, 117
Gandhi, Mohandas, 151
Garfield, James A., 150
Gates, Frederick, 94–95
gathering storm, 74
gentlemen, 142
Gladstone, William, 25
glass houses, 237
goals, 164, 206
God, 7, 77, 93, 115, 116, 119, 120, 122, 124, 125, 165, 166–67
Goebbels, Joseph, 101
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 79, 147
Goldwater, Barry, 183
Gompers, Samuel, 45–46, 62, 95, 109
government, 197, 256, 257
accountability of, 252
government
brassiere compared to, 229
cost of, 93
expansion of, 19, 20–21, 37, 41, 53, 55, 83, 92, 207, 249
forms of, 15
frugality of, 12–13, 14, 109
local, 44
limitation of, 41
moral obligations of, 12
as necessary evil, 59
popular morality and, 78–79, 91, 104–5
powers of, 4, 11, 41
proper role of, 12, 13, 14, 21, 35–36, 38, 41, 42, 43, 52, 55, 82, 92
relief, 16
representative, 15
government spending, 203
financing of, 26
reduction of, 59, 216
grace, 161
greatness, 78, 142, 162
Greece, ancient, 11–12
Gromyko, Andrey, 134
guests, 247, 250
Hall, Gus, 73
Hamilton, Alexander, 11, 80–81
Hand, Billings Learned, 102, 171
Hannah, John, 185
happiness, 38, 165
harmony, 147
Harris, Sydney, 150
Hawley, Mark, 28
healthcare, socialized, 98
Henning, Jack, 178
Henry, Patrick, 117–18, 149
heroism, 141
Hill, Benjamin H., 55
history, 92, 130, 246
Hitler, Adolf, 96
Ho Chi Minh, 129
Holland, Josiah Gilbert, 163–64
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 59
honesty, 159, 195
honor, 89, 157
Hoover, Herbert, 60
Hoover, J. Edgar, 102, 182
hope, 8, 166, 170–71
horse sense, 201
housewife, 233
human nature, 247
Hutchins, Robert M., 21
Ibn Khaldoun, 90
ideas, 159, 205
ignorance, 35, 193
impeachment, 11
income tax, 245, 251
indecisiveness, 199
individuals:
responsibility of, 52
security of, 5
infamy, 23, 106
inflation, 21, 23, 184, 197, 218, 228, 233, 246, 249, 256
influence, 215
initiative, 89, 95
insanity, 207
insurance, for public employees, 178
intelligence services, 69
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 98, 252
interruptions, 217
investment, 23
Irish Blessing, 121
Isaiah, Book of, 123, 124
Jackson, Henry, 179<
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James, H. Thomas, 186
Jay, John, 130
Jefferson, Thomas, 11–14, 35, 58, 68, 81–84, 109, 116, 124, 130, 147–48
Jews, 98–99
jobs, 17
Johnson, Hiram, 106
Johnson, Lyndon B., 180
Judges, Book of, 101
judgment, 162, 216
judiciary, overreaching by, 11, 26, 60
justice, 84, 143, 241
Kennedy, John F., 17, 53, 70, 89, 185
Khrushchev, Nikita, 49, 73
killing, 161
Kissinger, Henry, 241
Krock, Arthur, 22
labor, 14, 87, 95, 96, 100
Labor Party, 40
labor union, 45–46
Lafayette, Marquis de, 68, 85
laissez-faire, 94
law, rule of, 84, 85
laws, 80–81, 105
lawyers, 13, 107–8
legislation, 19
Lenin, Vladimir, 23, 47–48, 72, 133–34
Levinson, Sam, 228
Lewis, C. S., 86
liberalism, 38, 77
liberty, 13, 27–28, 33–62, 66–67, 83, 110, 116, 117, 118, 124, 133, 143, 234–35
ignorance and, 35
Lieber, Francis, 7
lies, lying, 142, 160, 189, 191, 196
life expectancy, 232
Lincoln, Abraham, 14–15, 60, 87–88, 118–19, 152–54, 254, 258
literature, 242
Los Angeles, Calif., 106
Los Angeles Times, 106
lotteries, 81
Louis, Joe, 145
love, 147, 170–71, 237
loyalty, 88, 135
luck, 162, 245
MacArthur, Douglas, 71
Macaulay, Thomas, 42, 110, 157
MacLean, Alistair, 166
Madison, James, 57
Magee, John Gillespie, Jr., 122
magician, 260
malice, 74
Manuilsky, Dmitriy, 136
Mao Zedong, 129, 147
marriage, 147, 196, 208, 236, 240
marriage, 240
Marshall, Henry, 145–46
martial law, 27
McCracken, Paul, 23–24, 103
McCulloch, John Ramsay, 104
McGovern, George, 178–83
Medicare, 243
middle age, 212, 213, 237
military might, 70, 137
Mill, John Stuart, 3–6, 35–36, 66
misery, 39, 40
moderation, 144, 198
Mollenhoff, Clark, 99
monarchy, 15, 101
money, 204, 212, 230–31, 244, 260
Montesquieu, 15
Montessori, Maria, 173
morality, 12, 78–79, 91, 95, 104–5, 116, 119, 149, 154, 156, 168–69, 171
moral stamina and courage, 104–5
Moulton, John Fletcher, Lord, 100
movies, 248
Muhlenberg, Peter, 65
Mundt, Karl, 182
Munich pact, 131
music, 80
Muskie, Edmund, 254
Mussolini, Benito, 51
National Education Association, 94
National Socialism, Nazi Party, 50, 96
newspapers/press, 13–14
Nguyen Van Thieu, 180, 181
Nixon, Richard M., 181, 182
Numbers, Book of, 120
old age, 146, 155, 158, 202, 214, 217, 223, 236, 249
organized labor, 22
Ortega y Gasset, José, 86–87
Otis, Harrison Gray, 106
outer space, 103
Paine, Thomas, 59
parable, 101
Pascal, Blaise, 162
past, 117
patience, 162
patriotism, 135
Paul, Randolph E., 24–25
peace, 70
Peloponnesian War, 72
Penn, William, 91, 119
people:
civic responsibility of, 5, 104–5, 156
morality of, 78–79, 91, 104–5
Pericles, 156
Pétain, Philippe, 151
Peterson, Wilfred A., 165
philanthropy, 95
Pius XII, Pope, 38, 77–78
planning, 152
poem, 111
poise, 215
poland, 27
political power, of people vs. elite, 11–12
politics, politicians, 154, 171, 227, 235, 244, 255, 256, 261
and courage of convictions, 150
hypocrisy in, 7
population, representation and, 184–85
post office, 218
poverty, the poor, 62, 103–4, 105, 219, 222, 228
power, 53, 159
Pravda, 135
prejudice, 91
president:
powers of, 3, 10, 14–15
public opinion and, 29
principles, 82
private enterprise, see free enterprise
private property, 21, 87
procrastination, 192
profits, 95
propaganda, 47, 86, 135
property, 87
prosperity, 5, 227
protest, protests, 144, 179, 202
Proverbs, Book of, 160
public debt, 12–13, 18, 23–24, 109
public employees:
insurance for, 178
strikes by, 89
public opinion, 29, 79, 83–84, 88, 101, 153
public sentiment, 87
publicity, 262
Randall, H. S., 110
Rangers Prayer, 121
Rauschenbusch, Walter, 45
Read, Leonard, 21, 97, 158–59
Reagan, Ronald, ix–xvii, 130
reason, 84, 109
reform, 57
regulation, 55
religion, 83, 115–25
freedom of, 28
theatre as, 166–69
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