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  1. Jul 2019
    1. it’s all right to take part in the government. It’s fine as long as you are a Christian who carries the reflection of the kingdom of God and tries to establish it where you are working, and as long as you are not being used to further worldly ambitions.
    1. There never was a war in history easier to prevent by timely action than the one which has just desolated such great areas of the globe.

      This is such a powerful statement that the powers of the world had the ability to prevent the war.

    1. Any government that is willing to assist in the task of recovery will find full cooperation, I am sure, on the part of the United States Government. Any government which maneuvers to block the recovery of other countries cannot expect help from us. Furthermore, governments, political parties, or groups which seek to perpetuate human misery in order to profit therefrom politically or otherwise will encounter the opposition of the United States.

      Marshall is essentially saying that any nations that help democratic governments recover post war will stay in the good graces of the US. Any nation or government blocking recovery will not. He specifically calls out communist governments without actually saying the words when he says, "...political parties...which seek to perpetuate human misery."

    2. Fearing the expansion of Soviet Communism into Western Europe and further expansion into Eastern Europe if the European economy was not stabilized, U.S. officials allocated approximately $13 billion to rebuild the economy over four years.

      The real goal of the Marshall Plan was not necessarily to simply help Europe recover, but to make nations' democracies strong enough to prevent them from falling to communism.

    1. critics assert that the Truman Doctrine’s anti-Communist obsession led the United States to support antidemocratic authoritarian regimes able to procure American aid by claiming they were fighting Communism.

      The US would give money to nations to stop the spread of communism, even if it meant aiding a dictator's rise to power.

  2. Jun 2019
    1. 17. He forbade them to show preference for any sect, to pronounce words with emphasis, to use honorary titles; when speaking to the Sultan or anyone else simply his name was to be used.
    2. Local laws remained in place as long as they did not run contrary to the desires of the Mongols. In many aspects, the Mongols ruled, but their subjects did not know what the law of the land was.
    3. 1. An adulterer is to be put to death without any regard as to whether he is married or not.

      it is so interesting to me that adultery is the very first topic addressed.