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Politics books — 21 PDFs & ePubs

21 classic politics books · free in PDF & EPUB

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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift — cover
A Modest ProposalJonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

A year of prophesying by H. G. Wells — cover
A year of prophesyingH. G. Wells

A year of prophesying

H. G. Wells

Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau — cover
Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau

Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

Common Sense by Thomas Paine — cover
Common SenseThomas Paine

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville — cover
Democracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli — cover
Discourses on LivyNiccolò Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy

Niccolò Machiavelli

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes — cover
LeviathanThomas Hobbes

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill — cover
On LibertyJohn Stuart Mill

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

Rights of Man by Thomas Paine — cover
Rights of ManThomas Paine

Rights of Man

Thomas Paine

Second Treatise of Government by John Locke — cover
Second Treatise of GovernmentJohn Locke

Second Treatise of Government

John Locke

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels — cover
Socialism: Utopian and ScientificFriedrich Engels

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

Friedrich Engels

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx — cover
The Communist ManifestoKarl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx

Second Treatise of Government cover

A hidden gem from this shelf

Second Treatise of Government

Consent of the governed, rights, and the limits of power—straight from a source text that still underwrites arguments today.

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The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Leo Tolstoy — cover
The Kingdom of God Is Within YouLeo Tolstoy

The Kingdom of God Is Within You

Leo Tolstoy

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli — cover
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

The Problem of China by Bertrand Russell — cover
The Problem of ChinaBertrand Russell

The Problem of China

Bertrand Russell

The Republic by Plato — cover
The RepublicPlato

The Republic

Plato

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau — cover
The Social ContractJean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

United States Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson — cover
United States Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson

United States Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill — cover
UtilitarianismJohn Stuart Mill

Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill

Utopia by Thomas More — cover
UtopiaThomas More

Utopia

Thomas More

What's Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton — cover
What's Wrong with the WorldG. K. Chesterton

What's Wrong with the World

G. K. Chesterton