Nothing changes more constantly that the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but what men believe happened.

Gerald White Johnson

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Nature of history History

Author

Gerald White Johnson

Source

American Heroes and Hero Worship

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

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United States

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Johnson, Gerald W. American Heroes and Hero-Worship. Harper & Brothers, 1943.

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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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Learned Hand
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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 history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Class conflict Oppression History

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Karl Marx
Source
The Communist Manifesto
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German
Time
1848 1840s 19th century
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Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

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Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote from 1943

I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.

Langston Hughes

The Black Man Speaks

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Jim Crow Black experience

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Langston Hughes
Source
The Black Man Speaks
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Hughes, Langston. "The Black Man Speaks." Jim Crow’s Last Stand. Negro Publications Society of America, 1943, I. 1.