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...brink of thermonuclear war, Kennedy said: "This secret, swift and extraordinary buildup of Communist missiles-in an area well known to have a special and historical relationship to the U.S. and the nations of the Western Hemisphere-is a deliberately provocative and unjustified change in the status quo, which cannot be accepted by this country if our courage and our commitments are ever to be trusted again by either friend or foe." Kennedy made Khrushchev back down-although not so far as he, and certainly not his critics, would have liked...
...Johnson to depart far from the economic policies of the Kennedy Administration. Charles Wellman, president of Los Angeles' First Charter Financial Corp., spoke for many businessmen: "President Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson thought alike on most issues. In a short while there will be a return to the status quo in the economy." Most businessmen expect Johnson to continue his longtime emphasis on expansive defense spending. They also expect him to push a tax cut, and feel that his legislative abilities may improve its chances of passing...
...discover that the Ambassador has taken time from his U.N. duties--and role--to give speeches to University students, to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and to the Organizations of American States. When lecturing around the country, Stevenson is more than an apologist for our status quo; he challenges the meaning of freedom in an affluent society he describes a world community where our best interests are served by our contribution to the welfare of others. But these speeches hardly serve to recapture Stevenson's image. The message of the U.N. addresses is too clear...
...especially hoping--as I still hope--that it would produce among undergraduates a concerted demand that there be no restrictions upon the hours during which they can have women in their rooms. Instead, to my dismay, the debate seems to have settled on the question of whether the status quo should be maintained or whether it should be cut back a notch...
...Rule of Law: "Some people are suspicious of law and order, as though the rule of law was a mere trick to freeze the status quo. It is quite the opposite. Its observance is the sine qua non of peaceful change. The rule of law is a lesson learned from centuries of human experience, from many mistakes and much suffering. It amounts simply to this: that only by submitting ourselves to obey the law can we reconcile conflicting ambitions and serve the interests of mankind as a whole. Without the rule of law we destroy one another...