Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Revolution Government

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Speech in United States House of Representatives: The War with Mexico

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech in United States House of Representatives: The War with Mexico." 12 Jan. 1848, US House of Representatives, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives on the War with Mexico, January 12, 1848." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Medium
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Time
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Original Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." The Flag of Our Union, 31 March 1849, I. 10.

Current Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick Quinn. Library of America, 1984, l. 10.

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Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasions for it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Political theory Government Human nature

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Source
Discourses on Livy
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Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
1531 1530s 16th century
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Original Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio [Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy]. Papal Privilege, 1531, bk. 1, ch. 3

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Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need—not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Political progress
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John F. Kennedy
Source
Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.