America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration.

Warren G. Harding

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American politics America

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Warren G. Harding

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Speech

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Political speech

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Harding, Warren G. "Readjustment." Home Market Club meeting. 14 May 1920, Boston, MA, USA.

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The great question that has never been answered…is what does a woman want?

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Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Another quote about American politics

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business—you didn't build that.

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Barack Obama
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Obama, Barack. Remarks at campaign appearance. 13 July 2012, Roanoke, VA, USA.

Another quote from 1920

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

W.B. Yeats

The Second Coming

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Dissolution Decline of civilization Societal collapse Political polarization Politics

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W.B. Yeats
Source
The Second Coming
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1920.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

On Conciliation with America

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Political compromise Political theory
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Edmund Burke
Source
On Conciliation with America
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1775 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with America." House of Commons. 22 Mar. 1775, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.