Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea.

Barry Goldwater

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Topic

Culture war American politics

Speaker

Barry Goldwater

Source

Washington Star

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Quoted in Saturday Evening Post. 31 Aug. 1963.

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It was not the power of the Spaniards that destroyed the Aztec Empire but the disbelief of the Aztecs in themselves.

E.F. Schumacher

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English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
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Schumacher, Ernst Friedrich. Roots of Economic Growth. Gandhian Institute of Studies, 1962.

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The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.

Alexander Hamilton

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Alexander Hamilton
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Federalist 22 The Federalist Papers
Medium
Essay
Genre
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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. 22: The Same Subject Continued: Other Defects of the Present Confederation." New York Packet, 14 Dec. 1787.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 22: Continuation.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.