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
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Letters of John Adams
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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.

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I compare it to something behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity; but when by an accident, the curtain happens to be opened, and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter.

Thomas Paine

Rights of Man

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Thomas Paine
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Rights of Man
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. Rights of man. Part the second. London: J. S. Jordan, 1792.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man Part the second." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Another quote about Democracy

What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of man's ideological evolution and the universalism of Western liberal democracy.

Francis Fukuyama

The End of History?

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Cold War End of history Democracy International politics
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Francis Fukuyama
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The End of History?
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
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Fukuyama, Francis. "The End of History?" National Interest, summer 1989.

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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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Compromise
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Edmund Burke
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On Conciliation with America
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1775 1770s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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.

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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?...
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Bob Dylan

Blowin' in the Wind

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Bob Dylan
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Blowin' in the Wind The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
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Song
Genre
Folk music
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Dylan, Bob. "Blowin' in the Wind." The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Columbia Records, 1963.