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Possibly the classic example of this irony is the "Exeter Syndroms". Among the best prepared students in the country, Exeter graduates reject academic values, rebel against the system, and leave Harvard in greater numbers (and percentages) than any other group. These graduates of a tough sink-or-swim system much like Harvard rate themselves highly, and especially prize their own sophistication. Many of those most dependent on this self-esteem are attracted to the College...
...battlefield is the final and supreme court in the international dispute. In the old days the battlefield was more or less confined to certain areas, but modern technology has brought all parts of our planet within its perimeter. The question today is, will the nations of the earth reject war as the final judge in their conflict of opinions? If they wish to do so, the first and logical step is not an arms reduction, but: (1) the establishment of an international code of ethics including the right of self-determination (2) an international court with jurisdiction over all nations...
...most persuasive case for an adequate shelter program, which Mr. Schnur failed to make, and which I reject for the above reasons, is the possible contribution such a system would make to the deterrent posture of the United States... It is estimated that under current conditions, without an adequate civil defense program, nuclear war would result in sixty million American casualties. It is almost incredible that an American president would invoke such a holocaust in the case of a Soviet invasion limited to Europe. But if the enemy should ever come to believe that we would not carry...
Call me Ishmael* if you like, but this Protestant will vote for Kennedy. I would like to get the word around that one does not have to embrace the Catholic faith to vote for him. There are some who reject the doctrine of the infallibility of the Pope but accept the doctrine of the infallibility of Ike without batting an eyelash...
...people consciously to reject the idea that democratic values can now be defended or international problems any longer solved by military means. We ask people with knowledge, insight, and skill to turn away from developing military technology, from providing rationalizations for nuclear deterrence, and from planning for organized violence. We ask instead that they join with us in constructing alternatives...