Proverbs are the best policy : folk wisdom and American politics - Mieder, Wolfgang (Logan (UT) : Utah State University Press, 2005)
"Different strokes for different folks" : American proverbs as an international, national, and global phenomenon ; "Government of the people, by the people, for the people" : the making and meaning of an American proverb about democracy ; "God helps them who help themselves" : proverbial resolve in the letters of Abigail Adams ; "A house divided against itself cannot stand" : from biblical proverb to Abraham Lincoln and beyond ; "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" : Frederick Douglass's proverbial struggle for civil rights ; "It's not a president's business to catch flies" : proverbial rhetoric in presidential inaugural addresses ; "We are all in the same boat now" : proverbial discourse in the Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence ; "Good fences make good neighbors" : the sociopolitical significance of an ambiguous proverb
Keywords: Politicians -- Language -- United States; Proverbs -- Political aspects -- United States; Proverbs, American; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States; politiikka; sananparret; politik; ordstäv; United States -- Politics and government -- Miscellanea; United States -- Politics and government -- Quotations, maxims, etc; Yhdysvallat; Förenta staterna