What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?

John Adams

Inaugural Address of John Adams

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Democracy

Speaker

John Adams

Source

Inaugural Address of John Adams Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1797 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Founding Father American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Adams, John. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1797, House Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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I agree with you, that in Politicks the Middle Way is none at all.

John Adams

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The political center Political ideology Politics

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John Adams
Source
Letters of John Adams
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1776 1770s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to Horatio Gates. 23 Mar. 1776.

Current Citation

“From John Adams to Horatio Gates, 23 March 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-04-02-0023.

Another quote from the 1790s

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed.

Thomas Jefferson

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Price of freedom

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Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Marquis de Lafayette. 2 Apr. 1790.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "The Marquis de Lafayette, April 2, 1790." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

Another quote about Democracy

For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
Nor is the people's judgement always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few.

John Dryden

Absalom and Achitophel

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The masses Rule of law Democracy

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John Dryden
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Absalom and Achitophel
Medium
Poem
Genre
Satire
Language
English
Time
1681 1680s 17th century
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Original Citation

Dryden, John. Absalom and Achitophel. London: Jacob Tonson, 1681, pt. 1, I. 779.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Absalom and Achitophel." John Dryden Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2002, pt. 1, I. 779.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic
American Civil War Slavery

Author

Abraham Lincoln
Source
Second Annual Message to Congress
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Annual Message to Congress." 1 Dec. 1862, US Congress, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore -
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over -
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

Harlem

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Broken dreams Dreams

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Langston Hughes
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Harlem
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Harlem." Montage of a Dream Deferred. Holt, 1951.