The government strong enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take it all away.

Barry Goldwater

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Limited government Role of government Government Political theory Politics

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Barry Goldwater

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

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United States

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Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Campaign speech. 21 Oct. 1964.

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All you need is love.

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All You Need Is Love
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Song
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Time
1967 1960s 20th century
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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. All You Need Is Love. Performed by The Beatles. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1967.

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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

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Edmund Burke
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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.

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

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The story of our inferiority is an old dodge, as I have said: for wherever men oppress their fellows, wherever they enslave them, they will endeavor to find the needed apology for such enslavement and oppression in the character of the people oppressed and enslaved.

Frederick Douglass

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Oppressor and oppressed
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Frederick Douglass
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Speech
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Political speech
Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
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Douglass, Frederick. “What the Black Man Wants.” Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. 26 Jan. 1865, Boston, MA, USA.

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Douglass, Frederick. Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass. Dover Publications, 2013.