Not even when the political freedom of a nation is at stake should the Christian militant make use of an unchristian weapon. The following of Jesus C… - Kirby Page

The supreme task before the people of the United States today is the Americanizing and, above all, the Christianizing of the great cities of the country. ...It calls for consecrated leadership and prayer of the intensest sort.

Followers of Jesus in our day will, by their compassionate concern for the victims of greed and blindness, be stimulated to search more diligently for means of increased persuasiveness of wrongdoers, on the one hand, and for ethical means of restraint, on the other. They will be prepared also to rely exclusively upon means which are consistent with the worthy ends sought, and to take consequences of following Jesus' way of life.

Predictions of failure have been made every time an extension of governmental jurisdiction has been suggested.