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Third Force. In a speech at Los Angeles, Dean eloquently broadened the concept. "Millions of people throughout the world . . . have feared that the only two alternatives left to mankind are gradual submission to persistent Communist encroachment ... or atomic obliteration . . . We now have the third possibility of being able to bring to bear on the aggressor himself-at the place of his aggression ... a firepower that should cancel out any numerical advantage he might enjoy ... If we can prevent all-out war by means of our strategic capability, and stop these endless nibbling aggressions with our tactical capability, we will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Big Ones & Little Ones | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

...Martin Dies, 49, who roared across the land as chairman (1938-44) of a House committee investigating un-American activities. Said he: "Maverick fought my committee and is on record against the things I stand for. A race with Maverick would give us a referendum between the socialistic concept of government and the fundamental American beliefs I hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Voices Out of the Past | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

...said that the concept of tolerance was being challenged in the present period of anxiety and tension. "That we live today in an atmosphere of apprehension engendered by a highly dangerous international situation is only too evident. It is not at all surprising that dogmatists with reactionary views in politics, in education, and in religion receive a ready hearing that would not be accorded them in more tranquil times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Backs Secularism in First Chapel | 9/26/1951 | See Source »

...used to talk about our expectation of happiness. You can't imagine how seldom you hear the word "happiness" today, except colored by derision, and with this has come a whole shift in the concept of responsibility. His last responsibility is to himself and not to systems. He is engaged in responsibly exploring himself as we never were...

Author: By Thornton Wilder, | Title: Top Commencement Week | 9/21/1951 | See Source »

...used to talk about our expectation of happiness. You can't imagine how seldom you hear the word "happiness" today, except colored by derision, and with this has come a whole shift in the concept of responsibility. His last responsibility is to himself and not to systems. He is engaged in responsibly exploring himself as we never were...

Author: By Thornton Wilder, | Title: Top Commencement Week | 9/20/1951 | See Source »

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