Conscience

How does a sense of obligation affect the use of power?

 

"Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love..."

John F. Kennedy
Inaugural Address
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1961

History Literature
  Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
 
Cold War, 1945-1990  
Kennan Telegram
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan

Berlin Airlift
JFK on Cuba
The Congo: From the BBC, more on Lumumba...
U.S. State Department on U.S. role in the Congo

From Killing Hope by William Blum: The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
United Nations Operation in the Congo
Patrice Lumumba from Young Socialist, 1965
Vietnam
  The Known World - Edward P. Jones
 

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