House of Lords Quotes
The King has subjects enough in those parts not only to defend themselves from any attack of French and Indians, but they are so crumbled into little governments and so disunited in their interests that they have hitherto afforded but little assistance to each other.... It is almost incredible that the Governor of New York, in the middle of above 40,000 English ... should say, as he does, that he has only the companies in the King’s pay that he can rely on for the defense of the frontier.
The American Colonies had the strength of local control, but that also had weaknesses whereby it was difficult to mobilize communities to work together for any purpose including mutual defense. Ironically, the very thing that provided a common weal was the British Government itself and 80 years later, Americans would unite in revolution.
Lords of Trade and Plantations, Subcommittee of the British House of Lords, Report on the American Colonies, 1696
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Some of the Patriots of Early America realized that the oppressions of British rule were coming from Parliament and initially took the position that only the King could make laws for the colonies and not Parliament. Therefore, they were as Englishmen challenging illegal English laws. Most American hostility was directed at Parliament and not the King. However, once there was any physical resistance, King George came down with such a heavy hand that American hatred transferred to him. For related quotes on the King/Parliament issue, see {639145}, {639144}, {639142}, {639141}, {639140}, & {639137}
Manava Dharma Shastra. Preparedness and the Defense Budget was ever important in Ancient India. This text is a part of the Hindu Holy Texts. Hindus believe that Manu was a prophet whose text is revealed or inspired.
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The clergy of the colonies were split on the American Revolution, but those clergy who supported the revolution made a huge contribution to the individual American’s intellectual view of the legitimacy of Parliament’s making laws governing the American Colonies. The anti-British clerics called for action while other forces of colonial America urged caution.
Jackson was the only American President who disobeyed a Supreme Court Decision. See {635653}. In doing this, he killed tens of thousands of Indians, allowed the Southern Whites to steal most of the Cherokee land. His Indian Removal contrary to the Supreme Court decision, was the worst case of ethnic cleansing in the history of the United States.
The Chinese were massacred when the Japanese invaded with atrocities against civilians that were inconceivable until Hitler began his in Europe. However, there were many Chinese we worked against the Japanese including the Communists who made a truce with Chiang (see {636322}) so that they could oust the Japanese invaders.
The Italian Communists were culturally and ideologically very different from the Russian Communists. The Italian view was a more nationalistic one and was closer to a Socialist Democracy than a “dictatorship of the proletariat”. Much more tolerant of diversity and not as ideological. Berlinguer and some of the other leaders realized that Italy was always in danger of a Russian takeover since there was such a difference in views about Communism. They had seen how the Red Army had become a political enforcement vehicle and they had been leaders of the fight to unseat Mussolini and wanted to avoid totalitarianism. They understood that NATO with its forces and nuclear umbrella was the only force that could keep Italy free of the Russians decided to move. This is one of the reasons why the Italian Communist Party was not banned in Italy.
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster.
