LEADER 03647oam 22006734a 450 001 9910146261803321 005 20240424230146.0 010 $a1-283-28342-5 010 $a9786613283429 010 $a0-87421-518-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000458722 035 $a(EBL)316758 035 $a(OCoLC)476107764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000229765 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947185 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229765 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10172237 035 $a(PQKB)10612134 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442742 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316758 035 $a(OCoLC)62425176 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16417 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/57271 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000458722 100 $a20050627d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aProverbs Are The Best Policy$eFolk Wisdom And American Politics /$fWolfgang Mieder 210 $cUtah State University, University Libraries$d2005 210 1$aLogan, Utah :$cUtah State University Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005. 215 $a1 online resource (323 pages) 311 $a0-87421-622-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and indexes. 327 $a"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. 330 $aWolfgang Mieder, widely considered the world's greatest proverb scholar, here considers the role of proverbial speech on the American political stage from the Revolutionary War to the present. He begins his survey by discussing the origins and characteristics American proverbs and their spread across the globe hand in hand with America's international political role. He then looks at the history of the defining proverb of American democracy, ""government of the people, by the people, for the people."" Subsequent essays consider such matters as Abigail Adams's masterful use of politically ch-- 606 $aPoliticians$zUnited States$xLanguage 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aProverbs$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aProverbs, American 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$vQuotations, maxims, etc 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$vMiscellanea 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoliticians$xLanguage. 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aProverbs$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aProverbs, American. 676 $a398.9/21/0973 676 $a398.9210973 700 $aMieder$b Wolfgang$0199675 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910146261803321 996 $aProverbs are the Best Policy$91802726 997 $aUNINA