Collection of historical and current political documents
World Political Documents
Balfour Declaration [1917]
Foreign Office November 2nd, 1917 Dear Lord Rothschild, I have much pleasure in conveying to you. on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which […]
The Capital A Critique of Political Economy [1867]
Preface to the First German Edition The work, the first volume of which I now submit to the public, forms the continuation of my Zur Kritik der Politischen Oekonomie (A Contribution to the Criticism […]
On The Jewish Question [1844]
I Bruno Bauer, The Jewish Question, Braunschweig, 1843 The German Jews desire emancipation. What kind of emancipation do they desire? Civic, political emancipation. Bruno Bauer replies to them: No one in Germany is politically […]
Manifesto of the Communist Party
Contents Preamble I: Bourgeois and Proletarians II: Proletarians and Communists III: Socialist and Communist Literature IV: Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties A spectre is haunting […]
Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith[1847]
Works of Frederick Engels 1847 Question 1: Are you a Communist? Answer: Yes. Question 2: What is the aim of the Communists? Answer: To organise society in such a way that every […]
Frederick Engels’ Speech at the Grave of Karl Marx [1883]
Highgate Cemetery, London. March 17, 1883 On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. He had been left alone for […]
The Monroe Doctrine [ USA 1823]
Keywords: Policy of the United States from President James Monroe’s seventh annual message to Congress, December 2, 1823: At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing […]
To those who keep slaves, and approve the practice[USA 1794]
Keywords : Slavery Richard Allen, 1794 The judicious part of mankind will think it unreasonable that a superior good conduct is looked for from our race, by those who stigmatize us as […]
Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery[USA 1790]
Signed by Benjamin Franklin, President of the Pennsylvania Society, February 3, 1790 To the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States, The Memorial of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition […]
Washington’s Farewell Address[USA 1796]
President George Washington’s Farewell Address — 1796 Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far […]
Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address[USA 1861]
March 4, 1861 Fellow citizens of the United States: In compliance with a custom as old as the government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly, and to take, in […]
The Pledge of Allegiance [1892]
The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August 1892 by the socialist minister Francis Bellamy (1855-1931). It was originally published in The Youth’s Companion on September 8, 1892. Bellamy had hoped that the pledge […]
The American’s Creed [1918]
by William Tyler Page I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the […]
The Letter of Columbus to Luis De Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery[1493]
As I know you will be rejoiced at the glorious success that our Lord has given me in my voyage, I write this to tell you how in thirty-three days I sailed […]
