2010-08-28 … a shared commitment to uphold freedom against those who would put the soul itself in bondage. Gerald Ford could be a surprising man. As part of the Millennium celebrations, Time Magazine invited prominent Americans to identify the pre-eminent figure of the twentieth century, along with a backup selection in case their first choice had already been taken. I fully expected President Ford to nominate a Winston Churchill or Dwight Eisenhower. He did nothing of the kind. Without hesitation he declared the greatest man of the century to be Mahatma Gandhi. The second greatest, in his opinion, was Anwar Sadat. Think of it: two peacemakers from the Third World, men of color, defiers of the colonial West, each martyred for his convictions. …
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