it’s all right to take part in the government. It’s fine as long as you are a Christian who carries the reflection of the kingdom of God and tries to establish it where you are working, and as long as you are not being used to further worldly ambitions.

There never was a war in history easier to prevent by timely action than the one which has just desolated such great areas of the globe.

Any government that is willing to assist in the task of recovery will find full cooperation, I am sure, on the part of the United States Government. Any government which maneuvers to block the recovery of other countries cannot expect help from us. Furthermore, governments, political parties, or groups which seek to perpetuate human misery in order to profit therefrom politically or otherwise will encounter the opposition of the United States.

Fearing the expansion of Soviet Communism into Western Europe and further expansion into Eastern Europe if the European economy was not stabilized, U.S. officials allocated approximately $13 billion to rebuild the economy over four years.

critics assert that the Truman Doctrine’s anti-Communist obsession led the United States to support antidemocratic authoritarian regimes able to procure American aid by claiming they were fighting Communism.

17. He forbade them to show preference for any sect, to pronounce words with emphasis, to use honorary titles; when speaking to the Sultan or anyone else simply his name was to be used.

Local laws remained in place as long as they did not run contrary to the desires of the Mongols. In many aspects, the Mongols ruled, but their subjects did not know what the law of the land was.

1. An adulterer is to be put to death without any regard as to whether he is married or not.