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Description:"The lawyer who accepts elective or appointive office," writes Oscar Handlin in his editorial preface to the newest volume in the Library of American Biography, "often confronts the necessity of choice between two obligations. On the one hand, he serves an abstract entity — the people of the state or of the nation. On the other hand, he finds himself acting as the spokesman of particular groups who wish the actions of the government bent to the service of their own interests. The politician who acts the role of the statesman is one who is capable of resolving the conflicts between these two obligations."In modern America, the enormous growth of governmental power, the appearance of the sharply contending groups of an industrial society and the increasingly international character of American interests have made the balancing of these opposed considerations more and more crucial to the successful political career.The life of Charles Evans Hughes exemplifies the dilemma of the modern lawyer-statesman as few others do. Hughes's Republicanism was that of the conservative period in which he grew up. But, in the words of Dexter Perkins, Hughes "was touched by the reforming temper of the era of Theodore Roosevelt. As governor of New he was among the first to apply the the principle of regulation to important business interests. In the liberal policies of this epoch he combined zeal for reform with a highly developed administrative instinct." His first service as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court marked him as a champion of civil liberty and of racial tolerance.As Republican candidate for the Presidency in 1916 he was unable to formulate a foreign policy distinctive than that of Wilson and he was caught between the popular desire for peace and the rising tide of sentiment favoring more vigorous action. It was here, and in the controversy over American entry into the League of Nations, that Hughes was at his weakest. He tended to view the problem of American participation in international organization from the limited standpoint of the climate of opinion then prevailing, rather than from a far-sighted point of view.Hughes was certainly one of the most distinguished American Secretaries of States. He was brilliant in his handling of the Washington Conference. He was effective in his handling of the reparations problem and forward-looking in his attitude toward Latin America.It was as Chief Justice of the United States that Hughes stood in the very highest rank. He took his place among those who best understood the art of political statesmanship and who attached the highest and finest significance to the libertarian traditions of this epoch. Mr. Perkins concludesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Charles Evans Hughes and American Democratic Statesmanship. To get started finding Charles Evans Hughes and American Democratic Statesmanship, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "The lawyer who accepts elective or appointive office," writes Oscar Handlin in his editorial preface to the newest volume in the Library of American Biography, "often confronts the necessity of choice between two obligations. On the one hand, he serves an abstract entity — the people of the state or of the nation. On the other hand, he finds himself acting as the spokesman of particular groups who wish the actions of the government bent to the service of their own interests. The politician who acts the role of the statesman is one who is capable of resolving the conflicts between these two obligations."In modern America, the enormous growth of governmental power, the appearance of the sharply contending groups of an industrial society and the increasingly international character of American interests have made the balancing of these opposed considerations more and more crucial to the successful political career.The life of Charles Evans Hughes exemplifies the dilemma of the modern lawyer-statesman as few others do. Hughes's Republicanism was that of the conservative period in which he grew up. But, in the words of Dexter Perkins, Hughes "was touched by the reforming temper of the era of Theodore Roosevelt. As governor of New he was among the first to apply the the principle of regulation to important business interests. In the liberal policies of this epoch he combined zeal for reform with a highly developed administrative instinct." His first service as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court marked him as a champion of civil liberty and of racial tolerance.As Republican candidate for the Presidency in 1916 he was unable to formulate a foreign policy distinctive than that of Wilson and he was caught between the popular desire for peace and the rising tide of sentiment favoring more vigorous action. It was here, and in the controversy over American entry into the League of Nations, that Hughes was at his weakest. He tended to view the problem of American participation in international organization from the limited standpoint of the climate of opinion then prevailing, rather than from a far-sighted point of view.Hughes was certainly one of the most distinguished American Secretaries of States. He was brilliant in his handling of the Washington Conference. He was effective in his handling of the reparations problem and forward-looking in his attitude toward Latin America.It was as Chief Justice of the United States that Hughes stood in the very highest rank. He took his place among those who best understood the art of political statesmanship and who attached the highest and finest significance to the libertarian traditions of this epoch. Mr. Perkins concludesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Charles Evans Hughes and American Democratic Statesmanship. To get started finding Charles Evans Hughes and American Democratic Statesmanship, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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