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" Under that gospel, the citizen who thinks he sees that the commonwealth's political clothes are worn out, and yet holds his peace and does not agitate for a new suit, is disloyal; he is a traitor. That he may be the only one who thinks he sees this decay,... "
The Nationalist - Page 116
edited by - 1890
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A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur, Volumes 1-2

Mark Twain - 1890 - 592 pages
...try to prove myself its loyalest citizen by making a wholesome change in its system of government." You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country,...as he does. And now here I was, in a country where the right to say how the country should be governed was restricted to six persons in each thousand...
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The Spirit of American Literature

John Albert Macy - 1913 - 368 pages
...the only one who thinks he sees this decay, does not excuse him; it is his duty to agitate anyway, and it is the duty of the others to vote him down if they do not see the matter as he does." That is the Mark Twain who "jokingly" said that the only distinct native criminal class in America...
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What America Means to Me: A Book of the People, by the People, for the ...

Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1920 - 288 pages
...the only one who thinks he sees this decay, does not excuse him; it is his duty to agitate anyway, and it is the duty of the others to vote him down, if they do not see the matter as he does." 5. COMMUNITY CENTERS IN OPERATION The four concrete tasks here suggested are fundamental pieces of...
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Robinson Crusoe, Social Engineer: How the Discovery of Robinson Crusoe ...

Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1922 - 332 pages
...the only one who thinks he sees this decay, does not excuse him; it is his duty to agitate anyway, and it is the duty of the others to vote him down, if they do not see the matter as he does." I dwell on this distinction between the state and the nation, because there is now in some quarters...
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Present-day Essays

Edwin Van Berghen Knickerbocker - 1923 - 386 pages
...the only one who thinks he sees this decay, does not excuse him; it is his duty to agitate anyway, and it is the duty of the others to vote him down if they do not see the matter as he does." That is the Mark Twain who "jokingly" said that the only distinct native criminal class in America...
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Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972, Senate Resolution ..., Volumes 11-12

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities - 1973 - 932 pages
...the only one who thinks he sees this decay, does not excuse him, it is his duty to agitate anyway, and it is the duty of the others to vote him down if they do not see the matter as he does. Now, I don't think anything can explain better the basis for our right as Americans to agitate, to...
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain - 1972 - 420 pages
...try to prove myself its loyalest citizen by making a wholesome change in its system of government.' You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country,...as he does. And now here I was, in a country where the right to say how the country should be governed was restricted to six persons in each thousand...
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Mark Twain: The Contemporary Reviews

Louis J. Budd - 1999 - 674 pages
...snatched, and reads nineteenth century people a lesson in political science. "The citizen" he says, "who thinks he sees that the commonwealth's political...him down if they do not see the matter as he does." But the Yankee believed in accomplishing political reforms by appropriate means. Applying his own lesson...
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On Jameson: From Postmodernism To Globalization

298 pages
...issue more quickly, he understands that a certain level of social development must first be attained: And now here I was, in a country where a right to...to six persons in each thousand of its population. ... It seemed to me that what the nine hundred and ninety-four dupes needed was a new deal. The thing...
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