Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and in the total of all these acts will be written the history of this generation.

Robert F. Kennedy

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Changing the world Change starts at home Political theory Politics

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Robert F. Kennedy

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

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United States

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Kennedy, Robert F. "Day of Affirmation." National Union of South African Students meeting. 6 June 1966, Jameson Hall, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa.

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The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!

Eliza Doolittle

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Rain Spain
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Eliza Doolittle
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Audrey Hepburn
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The Rain in Spain My Fair Lady
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Song Film
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Language
English
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1964 1960s 20th century
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"The Rain in Spain." My Fair Lady. Directed by George Cukor, performed by Marni Nixon, Audrey Hepburn, et al., Warner Bros., 1964.

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It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

James Madison

Federalist 51

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Political theory Politics Government Human nature

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James Madison
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Federalist 51 The Federalist Papers
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Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1788 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 51, The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments." New York Packet, 8 Feb. 1788.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 51: How to maintain: make the parts check each other. Also, a federal system divides power further.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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To protect the workers in their inalienable rights to a higher and better life; to protect them, not only as equals before the law, but also in their health, their homes, their firesides, their liberties as men, as workers, and as citizens; to overcome and conquer prejudice and antagonism; to secure to them the right to life, and the opportunity to maintain that life; the right to be full sharers in the abundance which is the result of their brain and brawn, and the civilization of which they are the founders and the mainstay... The attainment of these is the glorious mission of the trade unions.

Samuel Gompers

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Workers Trade unions
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Samuel Gompers
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Speech
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Political speech
Language
English
Time
1898 1890s 19th century
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Gompers, Samuel. "Trade Unions - Their Philosophy." Jan. 1898, USA. Speech.

Current Citation

Gompers, Samuel. Quoted in The State and the Unions, written by Christopher Tomlins. Cambridge University Press, 1985, ch. 3.