Surely of all 'rights of man,' this right of the ignorant man to be guided by the wiser, to be, gently or forcibly, held in the true course by him, is the indisputablest.

Thomas Carlyle

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Human rights Paternalism Politics

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

Chartism

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. Chartism. London: James Frases, 1840, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Chartism." Thomas Carlyle: Selected Writings. Penguin Classics, 2015.

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The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

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Great man theory of history History

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Thomas Carlyle
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On Heroes
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Time
1840 1840s 19th century
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Carlyle, Thomas. "The Hero as Divinity." 5 May 1840, London, England, UK. Lecture.

Another quote from the 1840s

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.

William Lloyd Garrison

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American slavery
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William Lloyd Garrison
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
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Garrison, William Lloyd. Resolution passed by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society meeting. 27 Jan. 1843, Boston, MA, USA.

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The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.

James Madison

Federalist 47

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Tyranny Political theory Politics

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James Madison
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Medium
Essay
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1788 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 47: The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts." New York Packet, 1 Feb. 1788.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 47: Complete separation of powers not required.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.