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...that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' " Later in the week in Harrisburg, he delivered a harsh attack on extremists, who, he claimed, "demand that you choose a doctrine alien to America-a doctrine that would lead to a tragic convulsion in our foreign relations-a doctrine that flouts the unity of our society and searches for scapegoats among our people...
Then the President launched a condemnation of "organized violence by small groups" intent on disrupting civil rights progress. Said Johnson: "Savagery of this or any other kind is completely alien to the entire moral and political tradition of the U.S. The effort to force, bully and intimidate American citizens-to prevent them from claiming their rights under the Constitution-must be stopped." If anybody thought this was a less-than-subtle campaign pronouncement, they were right...
...large number of them--most have been Republicans all their lives--will support President Johnson against the challenge of a philosophy they find alien to their progressive brand of Republicanism. They are outwardly offended by Goldwater's apparent appeal to the "white backlash" vote and to the extremist groups of the far right...
...nothing new. Alexander the Great wouldn't have been caught dead without them, and Julius Caesar wasn't. But only in recent A.D. days have they become something more than what to wear in the shower, at the beach, at home alone, or on a tour through alien lands whence the news will not get back. Gradually, as America discovered its special fashion nook, a knack for the sporting look, sandals began to be everywhere, and everywhere pretty much proper...
...Europe 100 years later and came to exert great economic and political power in Britain. Liberal in outlook, sometimes casual in religious observance, traditional Anglo-Jewry is oddly yoked with more recent immigrants from Eastern Europe-rigidly Orthodox Jews, fearful that their traditional beliefs will be corrupted by the alien world of the goyim...