Common Sense
By: Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis
3.75
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
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1. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
By: Benjamin Franklin , None
3.86
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding acc… read more
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"Never confuse Motion with Action."-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"When the well is dry we know the value of water"-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"...there will be sleeping enough in the grave...."-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
2. Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647
By: William Bradford , Francis Murphy
3.50
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The most important and influential source of information about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, th… read more
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"Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may light a thousand, so t…"-William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647
"...in a word, [they] did all the homely and necessary offices for them which dainty and queasy stomachs cannot endure to hear named; and all this willingly and cheerfully, without any grudging in the…"-William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647
"May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: "Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness but they cried unto the Lor…"-William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647
"And I may not omit here a special work of God's providence. There was a proud and very profane young man [aboard the Mayflower], one of the seamen, of a lusty, able body, which made him the more haug…"-William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647
3. The Declaration of Independence
By: Thomas Jefferson , Michael Hardt , Garnet Kindervater
4.56
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more
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"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;"-Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes."-Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."-Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
"When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Gover…"-Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
4. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By: Frederick Douglass
4.11
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Doug… read more
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"For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?"-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
5. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
6. Common Sense
By: Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis
3.75
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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- american history
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7. George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation (Little Books of Wisdom)
By: George Washington
4.08
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
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8. Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine
By: Glenn Beck
4.01
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
#1 New York Timesbestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck revisits Thoma… read more
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9. Civil Disobedience
By: Henry David Thoreau
3.80
Format: None pages,
Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience was originally published in 1849 as Resistance to Civil Go… read more
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10. The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States
By: Founding Fathers
3.89
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
The Declaration of Independence was the promise of a representative government; the Constitution wa… read more
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11. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
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13. The Communist Manifesto
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more
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"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
14. The United States Constitution
By: Founding Fathers
4.60
Format: 645 pages,
This edition shows the 1787 United States Constitution. It does not include the Bill of Rights nor … read more
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15. The American Revolution: A History
By: Gordon S. Wood
3.03
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nic… read more
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16. The Law
By: Frédéric Bastiat
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law? How is it that the law permit… read more
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17. The Theory of Moral Sentiments
By: Adam Smith
4.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
The foundation for a general system of morals, this 1749 work is a landmark in the history of moral… read more
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18. The Articles of Confederation
By: None
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Articles of Confederation were passed by the Continental Congress in 1777, but were not ratifie… read more
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19. Self-Reliance and Other Essays
By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) propounded a transcendental ideali… read more
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20. The Federalist Papers
By: Alexander Hamilton
4.10
Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever w… read more
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"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire..."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth. No. 75"-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
