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Democracy in America, Vol. I
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else.
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Democracy in America, Vol. II
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else.
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Lincoln at Cooper Union
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Abraham Lincoln
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On 27 February 1860, Abraham Lincoln gave this address at the Cooper Union in New York City.
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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Henry David Thoreau
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Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau.
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The Communist Manifesto
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Karl Marx
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their Manifesto in December 1847, as a guide to the fundamental principles and practices of Communists.
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Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution
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Vladimir Lenin
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In the heat of the failed 1905 revolution in Russia, Lenin here contrasts the precision of the Bolshevik political program and tactics with various inconsistent and servile factions within the Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly.
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Walden
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Henry David Thoreau
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Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond.
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