1 result for (book:tps5 AND heading:"delet session novemb 22 1978" AND stemmed:polici)
2/33 (6%)
Jones
Jonestown
suicide
temple
quickie
[... 12 paragraphs ...]
Capitalism has its faults, and democracy has its potential dangers, as has any kind of government. Often mere lip service is given to the beliefs, but they exist. There has been a strong distaste among your people for the blind following of public figures. Your politicians are scoffed at as often as they are honored, and their human failings are examined sometimes with glee—overall, a good healthy policy on the part of the people.
[... 1 paragraph ...]
They were bitter—but more. They were frightened. They could not free their native abilities—many, now. Jones seemed to be their key to the establishment. He was the opener of doors. He had his picture taken with celebrities, and because he was “a religious man,” the establishment took it for granted that his aims and policies were good, and that he spoke for those who had no voice otherwise.
[... 17 paragraphs ...]
