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Program 55: The Society of the Qualified Man

Quintin Hogg, a.k.a. Viscount Hailsham, British Minister of Science, offers his views on politics and people, political parties, and democracy, suggesting that the valorization of the common man should give way to a focus on the qualified man. With an introduction by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. Jan. 1963. [CSDI program number 55; UCSB tape number A7568/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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