The test of civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Pearl S. Buck

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Caring for the vulnerable Civilization Politics

Author

Pearl S. Buck

Source

My Several Worlds

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Novelist Writer

From

China Asia

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Citation

Buck, Pearl S. My Several Worlds. John Day Company, 1954.

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There is no doubt that, if there were a super-Supreme Court, a substantial proportion of our reversals of state courts would also be reversed. We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.

Robert H. Jackson

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Judicial supremacy Constitutional theory

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Robert H. Jackson
Source
Brown v. Allen
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Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1953 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Jackson, Robert H. United States, Supreme Court. Brown v. Allen. United States Reports, vol. 344, 9 Feb. 1953, pp. 443. Justia, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/344/443/.

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A state without some means of change is without the means of its own conservation.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Seeds of revolution Revolution Political gridlock Politics French Revolution

Author

Edmund Burke
Source
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.