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Proverbs are the best policy :folk wisdom and American politics

England

Proverbs are the best policy :folk wisdom and American politics

Logan, Utah

Utah State University Press

c2005

xvi, 323 p.

Includes bibliographical references )p. 297-309( and indexes

Wolfgang Mieder

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"Different strokes for different folks" : American proverbs as an international, national, and global phenomenon -- "Government of the people, by the people, for the people" : the making and meaning of an American proverb about democracy -- "God helps them who help themselves" : proverbial resolve in the letters of Abigail Adams -- "A house divided against itself cannot stand" : from biblical proverb to Abraham Lincoln and beyond -- "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" : Frederick Douglass's proverbial struggle for civil rights -- "It's not a president's business to catch flies" : proverbial rhetoric in presidential inaugural addresses -- "We are all in the same boat now" : proverbial discourse in the Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence -- "Good fences make good neighbors" : the sociopolitical significance of an ambiguous proverb

، Proverbs, American

Political aspects ، Proverbs - United States

Political aspects ، Rhetoric - United States

Language ، Politicians - United States

Politics and government ، United States

Politics and government ، United States

Mieder, Wolfgang.

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