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...compromise on its title, he glories in the Empire and is not ashamed of the word: "I think the expression, British Commonwealth and Empire, may well be found the most convenient means to describe this unique association of races which was built up partly by conquest, largely by consent. . . . The universal ardor of our colonial empire to join in this awful conflict . . . is the first answer that I would make to those ignorant, envious voices who call into question the greatness of the work we are doing throughout the world and which we shall continue...
...Because racial prejudice is attributed to Americans, "in the East our prestige has already suffered so greatly [no] military victory will restore it. ... We consent to the heaviest of taxes for military warfare but we are not willing to treat the Chinese as we treat the British...
Says Laski, there is a single, inevitable choice: a peaceful revolution by consent, or a repetition at home of the bloody Russian revolution, with its aftermath of suffering and repression. Violence there will be, but it is equally likely to come from the ruling classes of Britain and the U.S. as from leftist revolutionaries...
...Consent of the Governed. All the discussion had not been pitched on so hysterical a level. Ohio's grey, motherly, plain-spoken Republican Frances P. Bolton had warned: "If we cannot change our attitude about race we are going to bring upon the heads of our children . . . a cataclysm." Chicago's William L. Dawson, the only Negro member of Congress, had best stated the issue: "A democracy is that government that exists by the consent of the governed, and that is the thing we are trying to do here today-to give certain citizens the right...
...bargain basement for peace terms. Mussolini pointedly recalled a decree of May 10, 1936, which elevated him to rank jointly with the King as "first marshal of Italy." Thus the King (constitutionally Commander in Chief of all armed forces) can legally make overtures to the Allies only with the consent and participation of the Duce...