Archive for Spruille Braden
A Page on Freedom: Number 25
For a Moral Revolution Almost everywhere politicians and “do-gooders,” by camouflaging ill-considered or bad enactments as welfare or defense measures, are enticing their peoples down the path of dalliance into systems of state interventionism. They are leading them to eventual destruction. They are concentrating power in Washington under a bureaucracy already expanded beyond manageable dimensions [...]
1Nov1985 | Spruille Braden | 0 comments | ContinuedTo Gain Respect
The Honorable Spruille Braden, veteran diplomat, former Ambassador to Argentina, Cuba, and Colombia; also Assistant Secretary of State, Our government aid to other nations may put them in the almshouse along with us. We must both merit and demand respect if we are to successfully conduct our diplomatic and other foreign relations. A distinguished and [...]
1Aug1956 | Spruille Braden | 0 comments | Continued-
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