Word: wrongful
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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There is nothing wrong with the vigorous persecution of true agent provocateurs, but no patriot in the best sense of the term will condone the flag-canopied abortion of all legitimate attempts by labor to improve its position and increase the buying power of our laboring millions. When the position of labor is strengthened, increased vitality is given to the most sincere peace groups in the nation. When the buying power of the laboring man is increased, and the living standard raised, the most basic and constructive step is taken towards the prevention of home-grown communism or fascism...
Mallon: . . . You pointed out something you think is wrong, and maybe it is, but what is there about it that isn't free? Ickes: ... I don't think a press is free that represents one economic group...
...data were better than he thought. His over-all error was less than 3% on the popular vote. He hit the vote on the head in five States, missed by more than 4% in only three States. Because the election was close, he put eight States in the wrong column...
...immense confidence in the accuracy of his surveys. What he fears more than a wrong report is "an election dominated by apathy, where the people don't take the trouble to vote, and where our poll might conceivably reflect true public opinion more accurately than the election itself." But he also insists on the limitations of his polls. He steadfastly refuses to make any forecast of electoral votes. The important and proper use of his political surveys is, he insists, not to predict elections but to obtain an over-all view of popular sentiment on public issues...
...there is anything wrong, how you gonna prove it? You gotta nerve calling me a thief! How you gonna prove you're honest yourself? ... All I'm doing is serving those poor people...