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Definition of Demagogs
1. demagog [v] - See also: demagog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demagogs
Literary usage of Demagogs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selected Articles on Government Ownership of Railroads by Edith May Phelps (1917)
"It is a toss-up whether the demagogs or the highbinders of finance are doing the
more to bring all the details of business under the regulation of public ..."
2. Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the ... Annual Meeting Held at by National Educational Association (U.S.) (1898)
"public weal depend on the character of the men who assume popular leadership—
whether they be demagogs or whether they be wise and honest statesmen. ..."
3. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"... its ability to reject demagogs and to enlist good public servants, its
intelligence in holding fast to good policies and good legislation. ..."
4. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by United States Congress, Marion Mills Miller, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"... will not be drawn into the mischievous controversy which demagogs from both
sections, and especially latter-day fire-eaters who have become intensely ..."
5. The World's Famous Orations by Francis Whiting Halsey (1906)
"It is a great mistake to suppose, as is by some, that it originated with demagogs
who excited the discontent with the intention of aiding their personal ..."
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