Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Topic

Politics

Author

Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 24.

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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression, even though that cost be blood.

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Time
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If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment: On Government." 1 July 1854?

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment on Government, 1854?" Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.