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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

Douglas MacArthur

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War

Speaker

Douglas MacArthur

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Citation

MacArthur, Douglas. Address to a Joint Meeting of Congress. House of Representatives. 19 Apr. 1951, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We know what we are but know not what we may be.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic

Self-knowledge Human potential

Speaker

Ophelia

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 5.

In the true marriage relation, the independence of the husband and wife is equal, the dependence mutual and their obligations reciprocal.

Lucretia Mott

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Topic

Equality in relationships Marriage Men and women

Author

Lucretia Mott

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Mott, Lucretia. Spoken by Mott and written down by Susan B. Anthony. c. 1829.

All we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.

William Harvey

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Topic

The unknown Limits of knowledge

Author

William Harvey

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Latin

Time

1628 1620s 17th century

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Citation

Harvey, William. "Dedication to Dr. Argent and Other Learned Physicians." Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus [An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings]. Frankfurt: William Fitzer, 1628.

The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.

H.L. Mencken

Notes on Democracy

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Topic

Downsides of freedom Freedom vs. safety Safety

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

Notes on Democracy

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Mencken, H. L. Notes on Democracy. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926, pt. 3, ch. 1.

Men have nice cars. Not cause they like nice cars. Because they know women like nice cars. That’s how it goes. Cause men are hunters. And the car is the bait. And a woman comes up and says: “Ooh, nice Porsche.” “Gotcha, bitch!”

Dave Chappelle

Killin' Them Softly

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Topic

Pursuing women

Speaker

Dave Chappelle

Source

Killin' Them Softly

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Chappelle, Dave. Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly. HBO, 26 July 2000.

That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved.

Declaration of Independence

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Topic

American Revolution

Source

Declaration of Independence

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

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Original Citation

United States Declaration of Independence. 1776.

Current Citation

The National Archives. The Declaration of Independence: A Transcript. 24 July 2020, www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript.

War alone brings up to its highest tension all human energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to face it.

Benito Mussolini

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Topic

Attraction of war Praise of war War

Author

Benito Mussolini

Language

Italian

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Mussolini, Benito. "Fascismo [Fascism]: 'Forza e consenso [Strength and Consent].'" Enciclopedia Italiana [Italian Encyclopedia]. 1932.

The law sees and treats women the way men see and treat women.

Catherine MacKinnon

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Topic

Patriarchy Law

Author

Catherine MacKinnon

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

MacKinnon, Catharine A. "Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State: Toward Feminist Jurisprudence." Signs. Vol. 8, No. 4, c. 1983.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

Douglas MacArthur

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Topic

Going to war Military strategy

Speaker

Douglas MacArthur

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Citation

MacArthur, Douglas. Keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Republican National Convention. 7 July 1952, International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA.

These men and women...ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.

Anthony Kennedy

Obergefell v. Hodges

On same-sex marriage.

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Same sex marriage Marriage Constitutional law Gay rights Equal rights American politics

Author

Anthony Kennedy

Source

Obergefell v. Hodges

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Kennedy, Anthony. United States, Supreme Court. Obergefell v. Hodges. United States Reports, vol. 576, 26 June 2015, no. 14-556, pp. 644-742. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/576/14-556/.

100 percent of the shots you don't take don't go in the net.

Wayne Gretzky

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Topic

Shoot your shot Going for it Taking risks

Speaker

Wayne Gretzky

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Gretzky, Wayne. Quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer. 9 Feb. 1983.

A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.

Lew Wallace

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ

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Topic

Tests of character

Author

Lew Wallace

Source

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Wallace, Lew. Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Harper & Brothers, 1880, bk. 5, ch. 7.

Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die.

Albert Camus

The Sea Close By

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Topic

Acceptance of death Death The human condition

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Sea Close By

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Camus, Albert. "The Sea Close By." Lyrical and Critical Essays. Vintage Books, 1970. Originally published in L'Eté [Summer]. Gallimard, 1954.

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist bothers to buy a bottle of wine.

Andrea Dworkin

Sexual Economics

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Topic

Rape Gender relations

Author

Andrea Dworkin

Source

Sexual Economics

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Dworkin, Andrea. Letters from a War Zone. Dutton, 1989, pt. 3.

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

Karl Barth

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Topic

Conscience

Author

Karl Barth

Language

German

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Barth, Karl. "The Righteousness of God." Das Wort Gottes und die Theologie [The Word of God and Theology]. Mchn., Kaiser, 1924. Originally a lecture called "The Righteousness of God" delivered 16 Jan. 1916 in City Church, Aarau, Switzerland.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Assassination Censorship

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1909 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet: A Sermon in Crude Melodrama. 10 Apr. 1909, Abby Theatre of Dublin, Liverpool, England, UK, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet." Playlets. Oxford University Press, 2021, pt. 1.

The vague, crepuscular time; the time of regrets that resemble hopes, of hopes that resemble regrets, when youth has passed, but old age has not yet arrived.

Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

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Topic

Middle age

Author

Ivan Turgenev

Source

Fathers and Sons

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Turgenev, Ivan. "Отцы и дети [Fathers and Sons]." The Russian Messenger, 1862.

Current Citation

Turgenev, Ivan. Fathers and Sons, translated by Richard Freeborn. Oxford University Press, 2008.

The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Discourse on Inequality

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Civil society Property rights

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Source

Discourse on Inequality

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1755 1750s 18th century

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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'origine et les fondemonts de l'inegalite parmi les hommes [Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men]. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1755, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett, 1992, pt. 2.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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Topic

Suicide Purpose of life Philosophy

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Myth of Sisyphus

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.