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Nile Kinnick diary of service in the U.S. Naval Reserve Air Corps, January 1, 1943-June 1, 1943

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Good & efficient gov't in an expanding sphere requires gradual development just like private organiz. It cannot be mature at the moment of birth.
Opinion of Justice Stone in AAA case.
Negative vs positive philosophy of fed. power.
Constitution should lead rather than instruct.
Social philosophies have significance only in relation to the conflicts out of which they arise & the institutions which they support.
p341 - 2d ¶ - folklore of cap.
"ad nauseam"
A good leader in gov't must be a good organizer, also tolerant & humanitarian.
The poorer element of a city will support a corrupt political machine because it gets charity without humiliation.
By & large people prefer "financing" to taxation.
No one particular system of gov't "can solve our econ. & social difficulties. Any attempt to base a philosophy of gov't on a universal truth or eternal verity (impossible in human affairs) will fail. An honest, just, humanitarian pragmatism is the answer - a realistic understanding of political dynamics.
Political gov't is a dramatic spectacle.
Supreme Court in their learned & august opinions are actually deciding political issues - that is, there

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Good & efficient gov't in an expanding sphere requires gradual development just like private organiz. It cannot be mature at the moment of birth. Opinion of Justice Stone in AAA case. Negative vs positive philosophy of fed. power. Constitution should lead rather than instruct. Social philosophies have significance only in relation to the conflicts out of which they arise & the institutions which they support. p341 - 2d ¶ - folklore of cap. "ad nauseam" A good leader in gov't must be a good organizer, also tolerant & humanitarian. The poorer element of a city will support a corrupt political machine because it gets charity without humiliation. By & large people prefer "financing" to taxation. No one particular system of gov't "can solve our econ. & social difficulties. Any attempt to base a philosophy of gov't on a universal truth or eternal verity (impossible in human affairs) will fail. An honest, just, humanitarian pragmatism is the answer - a realistic understanding of political dynamics. Political gov't is a dramatic spectacle. Supreme Court in their learned & august opinions are actually deciding political issues - that is, there