The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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... political , economic and religious ideas , most of them unsound . For example , there is the fundamental idea of democ- racy - the idea that all political power should remain in the hands of the populace , that its exercise by superior ...
... political , economic and religious ideas , most of them unsound . For example , there is the fundamental idea of democ- racy - the idea that all political power should remain in the hands of the populace , that its exercise by superior ...
Page 351
... political label stitched with the idiocy of a Truman , rotted by the deceit of an Acheson , cor- rupted by the Red slime of a White . JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY , speech , Madison , 1954 [ McCarthy ] ... POLITICS 351 POLITICAL SLOGANS AND PHRASES.
... political label stitched with the idiocy of a Truman , rotted by the deceit of an Acheson , cor- rupted by the Red slime of a White . JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY , speech , Madison , 1954 [ McCarthy ] ... POLITICS 351 POLITICAL SLOGANS AND PHRASES.
Page 533
... political activities of the Supreme Court has been relieved . And the United States has been provided , in its greatest crisis since 1861 , with a chief who may have all the faults his critics impute to him , and yet has that quality ...
... political activities of the Supreme Court has been relieved . And the United States has been provided , in its greatest crisis since 1861 , with a chief who may have all the faults his critics impute to him , and yet has that quality ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country 65 | 65 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The American Treasury, 1455-1955 |
| Editor | Clifton Fadiman |
| Compiled by | Clifton Fadiman |
| Publisher | Harper, 1955 |
| Length | 1108 pages |
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