Equity.pdf

extracted text: lent class war. Second: there must be no imminent risk of serious war; that is to say there must be a federal gov ernment of the world, pos sessed of the sole armed forces beyond such as are genuinely needed for police purposes. Third: economic as well as political power must be democratic, which requires that the main sources of economic power should be controlled by the democratic state. — Bertrand Russell, condensed from Fo rum and Century. EQUITY Perhaps the most significant thing that came out of the selection of the eight Nacionalista senatorial candidates was the canning of the “equity of the incumbent’’ business. Of course, the party moguls influenced the dele gates to the national directorate meeting this way and that, but that was Ohly natural. The point is that the delegates were not coer ced into voting for this or that candidate. They were not bought. They absorbed the pressure of influence coming from highly placed quarters in the N.P., and then in the secret balloting, they made their own choices. Definitely, this was one affair where no one could cry “Fix!” or “I was robbed!” — Manila Bul letin, July 31, 1967. 28 Panorama
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