Letters, Oct. 19, 1953

Morality in Politics

Sir:

. . On the one hand, we have "Secretary Dulles as the champion of a moral order in politics" [TIME, Sept. 28] ; on the other, we have the British, "soaked in the politics of expediency . . . working behind the scenes trying to unseat" this noble figure . . . Should we laugh at this picture of our Machiavellian activities or cry, knowing that for the aggressors every war has been undertaken as a moral crusade? . . . If I knew I were to be the victim of aggression, I would prefer that my aggressor was...

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