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

Louis Brandeis

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Topic

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

From

United States

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Citation

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

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In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination.

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Source
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Medium
Autobiography and memoir
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. The Autobiography of Mark Twain. Harper & Row, 1959, ch. 78.

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The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

Willa Cather

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Willa Cather
Source
O Pioneers!
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 1, ch. 5.

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