Vikram Bhatt Quotes
We should vote for an individual rather than a party.
"We should vote for an individual rather than a party: Vikram Bhatt." DNA India, Diligent Media Corporation, 24 Apr. 2014.
In early America there were many instances of clergy threatening damnation to those who supported a particular political point of view. However, that became quite rare and flared up in the early 21st century in America with abortion and a few Catholic Bishops. Generally democracies have a certain degree of separation of church and state. Israel, although a Jewish state, is very much a secular state but does have religious parties. One of them is the Shas orthodox Jewish party. But this statement even shocked most Shas members. Shas lost the election by far and remained a small minority party despite the Rabbi’s threats.
World War I veterans had been promised bonuses for their service, but Congress and the President would not deliver. The economy was terrible and thousands of veterans came to Washington, set up a camp in Anacostia, and asked for help and their bonuses. Hoover had given orders to General Douglas MacArthur to remove the protesters from government buildings, but MacArthur, establishing a pattern that he would follow throughout his career, exceeded he orders and chased the protesters all the way back to their tent camp and then destroyed the camp. The Great Depression was raging and the protesters had no other place to live, and Hoover opposed any direct federal aid to the poor and needy making the Depression even worse. The public reaction was shock and anger. Hoover, however, demonstrating political character and integrity, took the responsibility and did not blame MacArthur. It was the nail in Hoover’s political coffin. Roosevelt easily won the election.
Vikram Bhatt is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Formerly, he was the creative head of ASA Productions and Enterprises until 2014, when he resigned from the company.
