One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.

Lord Salisbury

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Topic

Voting Politics

Speaker

Lord Salisbury

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Lord Salisbury. Renfrew by-election speech. Oct. 1877, UK.

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Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.

Alexander Hamilton

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Alexander Hamilton
Source
Federalist 1 The Federalist Papers
Medium
Essay
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Language
English
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 1: General Introduction." Independent Journal, 27 Oct. 1787.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. I: Deliberation on a new constitution--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.