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Workers of the world, unite!
political slogan that is the rallying cry of communism
manifest destiny
cultural belief of 19th-century American expansionists
Drang nach Osten
German Eastward expansionism, later associated with Nazi Germany
Nearer, My God, to Thee
Christian hymn written by Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
Opium of the people
Karl Marx's description of religion: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”
women and children first
unofficial maritime code of conduct
Why did the chicken cross the road?
common joke or riddle
might makes right
the view that morality is, or ought to be, determined by those in power
existence precedes essence
central claim of existentialism formulated by Sartre
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
aphorism due to Percy Bysshe Shelley
a land without a people for a people without a land
phrase associated with Zionism
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
campaign song of the Whig Party's Log Cabin Campaign