<span>a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong. -google</span>
Huey Long and Upton Sinclair criticized the New Deal on the grounds that "<span>(A) it was moving the country too far in the direction of socialism," since the New Deal called for a great deal of government programs. </span>
Sources are used in a paper to show what ideas inspired you and whose theories you would be using and you cite the sources in order to avoid plagiarism. If you don't have sources, your paper will not be valid and you could get accused of plagiarism. The more sources you use the better but you should keep in mind that they need to be important for the paper and used with a purpose and not just to increase the number of sources.