Why, America’s the only free nation on earth. Besides! Country’s too big for a revolution. No, no! Couldn’t happen here!

Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

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America American politics Revolution

Speaker

Dr. Fowler Greenhill

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

It Can't Happen Here

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can't Happen Here. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1935, ch. 5.

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What is Love?... It is the morning and the evening star.

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Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1927, ch. 20.

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Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Joseph Stalin

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Time
1937 1930s 20th century
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Stalin, Joseph. "Marxism VS. Liberalism: An Interview." Interviewed by H. G. Wells. New Century Publishers, Sept. 1937.

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Read my lips: no new taxes.

George H.W. Bush

1988 Republican convention speech

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George H.W. Bush
Source
1988 Republican convention speech Presidential convention speeches
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1988 1980s 20th century
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Bush, George H. W. Accepting the presidential nomination. Republican National Convention. 18 Aug. 1988, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA.