You can't spend your whole life criticizing something and then when you have the chance to do it better refuse to go near it.

Václav Havel

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Topic

Political progress Political courage Progress Courage Politics

Author

Václav Havel

Source

To the Castle and Back

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Czech

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

Occupation

Political dissident National leader Politician Writer

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Czech Republic Europe

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Citation

Havel, Václav. To the Castle and Back. Vintage, 2007.

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Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Topic
Political faction Political conflict Political theory Politics

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James Madison
Source
Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.