Democracy is not tearing down; it is a building up. It is not denial of the divine right of Kings; it supplements that claim with the assertion of the divine right of all men. It does not destroy; it fulfills. It is the consummation of all theories of government, to the spirit of which all the nations of the Earth must yield. It is the great constructive course of the ages.

Calvin Coolidge

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Democracy Democratic triumphalism

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Calvin Coolidge

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Speech

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Political speech

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

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American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. "Equal Rights." 4 July 1916, Daniel Webster's home, Marshfield, MA, USA.

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Coolidge, Calvin. "The Press Under a Free Government." American Society of Newspaper Editors meeting. 17 Jan. 1925, Washington, DC, USA.

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Time
1917 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

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Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

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Herbert Marcuse
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One-Dimensional Man
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Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Marcuse, Herbert. One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society. Beacon Press, 1964, ch. 1.

Another quote from 1916

I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air.

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Rhythm of life Facing death

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Alan Seeger
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I Have a Rendezvous with Death
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Seeger, Alan. "I Have a Rendezvous with Death." Poems. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916.

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Donald Trump

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Language
English
Time
2015 2010s 21st century
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