Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

Louis Brandeis

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Transparency in government

Author

Louis Brandeis

Source

What Publicity Can Do Harper's Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Supreme Court Justice Judge Lawyer

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United States

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Brandeis, Louis. "What Publicity Can Do." Harper's Weekly, 20 Dec. 1913.

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Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

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Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.

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