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These Days Before the Vote: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence . . . by the military-industrial complex."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence . . . by the military-industrial complex."

Whitewater, Wis. — Today’s entry this gray Friday morning continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. In his 1961 Farewell Radio and Television Address, Pres. Dwight Eisenhower warned that This conjunction of an immense military establishment
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither..."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither..."

Whitewater, Wis. — Today’s entry this Saturday evening continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Consider the Declaration’s charge against the British monarch: “He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."

Fort Atkinson, Wis. — Today’s entry this clear Friday evening continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Consider the Declaration’s charge against the British monarch: “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: "I shall not array myself as the political partisan of any man. In defending the great cause of human rights, I wish to derive the assistance of all religions and of all parties."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "I shall not array myself as the political partisan of any man. In defending the great cause of human rights, I wish to derive the assistance of all religions and of all parties."

Chicago, Ill. — Today’s entry this Monday afternoon continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which the liberal democratic tradition rests. In the inaugural issue of William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, Garrison wrote that “I shall not array myself as
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: ‘He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good’
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: ‘He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good’

Whitewater, Wis. — It's sunny here in this small college town. Today‘s entry continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which the liberal democratic tradition rests. There is a debate, as one would expect, about when America, as a nation,
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John Adams