Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Political theory

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Democratic National Convention. 27 June 1936, Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Things said or done long years ago,
Or things I did not do or say
But thought that I might say or do,
Weigh me down, and not a day
But something is recalled,
My conscience or my vanity appalled.

W.B. Yeats

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Remorse Regrets

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W.B. Yeats
Source
Vacillation
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
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Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, pt. 5, st. 2.

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Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 5, st. 2.

Another quote about Political theory

You know as well as we do that right, as the word goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

Thucydides

History of the Peloponnesian War

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Justice Power relations Political theory

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Thucydides
Source
History of the Peloponnesian War
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
404 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

That's our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.

Malcolm X

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Black freedom struggle
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Malcolm X
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Malcolm X. Speech at the founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. Founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. 28 June 1964, Audubon Ballroom, New York City, NY, USA.