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Ties That Bind: Washington, Lincoln and Churchill, Part 2
31
Mar
2022
By D. CRAIG HORN
There is no glory in war and no victory in retribution. Each of these leaders could look beyond war to Churchill’s “broad sunlit uplands.” Washington warned against aggravating the Patriot-Loyalist divide lest it destabilize the new nation. Abraham Lincoln took that precept to sublime heights in 1865: “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds.”
“Raucous Caucus Clamour”: Winston Churchill on the Referendum
17
Dec
2019
By MICHAEL RICHARDS
Churchill offers thoughtful ideas on when representative government may be supplemented by a national vote. Above all, he thought the referendum must be rare. Only eleven times in his long career was there a call for a referendum. Only six times did he support it.
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