Third parties are like bees. Once they have stung, they die.

Richard Hofstadter

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Political theory American politics

Author

Richard Hofstadter

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Political literature

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Historian Writer

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United States

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Hofstadter, Richard. The Age of Reform: from Bryan to FDR. Alfred A. Knopf, 1955, pt. 3.

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