Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

Franklin P. Adams

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Elections Political theory Politics

Author

Franklin P. Adams

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Nods and Becks

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Adams, Franklin P. Nods and Becks. Whittlesey House, 1944.

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This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court can save; that a society where the spirit flourishes, no court need save; that in a society which evades its responsibility by thrusting upon the courts the nurture of that spirit, that spirit in the end will perish.

Learned Hand

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Law and culture Politics is downstream of culture
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Learned Hand
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Hand, Learned. "The Contribution of an Independent Judiciary to Civilization." 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. 21 Nov. 1942, Boston, MA, USA.

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The State is not "abolished", it withers away.

Friedrich Engels

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Political theory Communism Government Politics

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Friedrich Engels
Source
Anti-Duhring
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions
Language
German
Time
1878 1870s 19th century
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Original Citation

Engels, Frederick. "Herrn Eugen Dührings Umwälzung der Wissenschaft [Herr Eugen Dühring's Revolution in Science]." Vorwärts, 1878.

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Another quote from 1944

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic
Redistribution of wealth

Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
Everybody's Political What's What?
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Everybody's Political What's What? Constable & Company/Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944, ch. 30.