Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations

By Antony Jay

Book Overview

The Fourth Edition boasts nearly 5,000 quotations--over 300 new to this volume. The additions reflect both key events of recent years and quotations from earlier periods that have lately come to light. The book showcases a who's who of politics, covering everyone from Napoleon to Barack Obama, plus such notables as Mahatma Gandhi, Sarah Palin, George Washington, Charles de Gaulle, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Antony Jay covers every facet of political life--the pivotal and momentous, the sincere, the bemused, the tongue-in-cheek. There are politicians' views on political events, on other politicians, and on economics, warfare, and the state of society. The book includes a keyword index and subject index to help you find the right quotation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199572674
• ISBN13: 9780199572670
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 7.7"