Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.

Thomas More

Utopia

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Topic

Political campaigns Political theory Politics

Author

Thomas More

Source

Utopia

Genre

Satire Political literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Latin

Time

1516 1510s 16th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.

Current Citation

More, Thomas. Utopia, edited and translated by Paul Turner. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 2.

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Adams, John. Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776.

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Time, the devourer of all things.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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This is hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

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