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Justice is love on legs, spilling over into the public sphere.

Cornel West

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Topic

Love as action Justice Political progress Progress

Speaker

Cornel West

Source

Big Think

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

West, Cornell. "Cornell West's Catastrophic Love." BigThink.com, 6 Nov. 2009.

States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

George W. Bush

2002 State of the Union Address

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Topic

Axis of evil War on Terrorism 9-11

Speaker

George W. Bush

Source

2002 State of the Union Address Presidential State of the Union address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Bush, George W. Address before a joint session of the Congress on the State of the Union. Joint session of Congress. 29 Jan. 2002, US Capitol Building, Washington DC, USA.

A man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

Barack Obama

First Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Topic

American politics

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

First Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Obama, Barack. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2009, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.

Gladiator

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Topic

Fear of death Inevitability of death Death

Speaker

Maximus Decimus Meridius

Actor

Russell Crowe

Source

Gladiator

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gladiator. Directed by Ridley Scott. DreamWorks Pictures/ Scott Free Productions/Universal Pictures/Red Wagon Entertainment, 2000.

Would I rather be feared or loved? Um, easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.

Michael Scott

The Office

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Topic

Love and fear Leadership

Speaker

Michael Scott

Actor

Steve Carell

Source

The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Fight." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, directed by Ken Kwapis, season 2, episode 6, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2005.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

Les Miserables

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Topic

Loving others Love

Speaker

Jean Valjean

Actor

Hugh Jackman

Source

Epilogue Les Miserables

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Epic (film) Musical Epic

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Epilogue." Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper, performed by Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, et al., Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Working Title Films, 2012.

New white people. You can’t scare these white people. I tried. Roll up on 'em: BOO! "What the hell is wrong with you? Those days are over."

Dave Chappelle

Killin' Them Softly

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Topic

Gentrification

Speaker

Dave Chappelle

Source

Killin' Them Softly

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else's brain can ever tell me.

Donald Trump

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Topic

Intuition

Speaker

Donald Trump

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2018 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trump, Donald. Interview. Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2018.

When somebody's the president of the United States, the authority is total.

Donald Trump

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Topic

Presidential power American politics

Speaker

Donald Trump

Language

English

Time

2020 2020s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Trump, Donald. Remarks at White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing. 13 Apr. 2020, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Trump, Donald. Quoted in Checks in the Balance: Legislative Capacity and the Dynamics of Executive Power, written by Alexander Bolton and Sharece Thrower. Princeton University Press, 2021, ch. 1.

One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear.

Donald Trump

On Covid-19.

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Topic

Covid-19

Speaker

Donald Trump

Medium

Press conference

Language

English

Time

2020 2020s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Trump, Donald. Remarks at African-American History Month reception. African-American History Month reception. 27 Feb. 2020, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.

Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow

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Topic

Perspective

Author

Daniel Kahneman

Source

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011, ch. 38.

John F. Kennedy. Remember him? He fucked Marilyn Monroe. Matter of fact, him and his brother Bobby fucked Marilyn Monroe. And history doesn’t talk about that much. You know why history doesn’t talk about that much? Because those two pages in history are stuck together.

Dave Chappelle

Killin' Them Softly

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Topic

History

Speaker

Dave Chappelle

Source

Killin' Them Softly

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there–good for you! But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for.

Elizabeth Warren

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Topic

Success in business Success American politics

Speaker

Elizabeth Warren

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Warren, Elizabeth. Remarks on campaign trail. Aug. 2011, Andover, MA, USA.

I triple guarantee you, there are no American soldiers in Baghdad.

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

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Topic

Iraq War

Speaker

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Al-Sahhaf, Mohammed. Quoted in Daily Telegraph. 10 Apr. 2003.

When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best... They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

Donald Trump

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Topic

Immigration American politics

Speaker

Donald Trump

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trump, Donald. Announcement of presidential candidacy. 16 June 2015, Trump Tower, New York City, NY, USA.

Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.

Alasdair Gray

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Topic

How to live

Author

Alasdair Gray

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Gray, Alasdair. Engraved in the Canongate Wall of the Scottish Parliament Building. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2004.

This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.

Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

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Topic

The earth

Author

Marilynne Robinson

Source

Gilead

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions.

Alberto Gonzales

On the war on terrorism.

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Topic

War on Terrorism Torture

Author

Alberto Gonzales

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gonzales, Alberto R. Memorandum to George W. Bush. 25 Jan. 2002.

The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's "death panel" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their "level of productivity in society," whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.

Sarah Palin

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Topic

Health care American politics

Author

Sarah Palin

Medium

Facebook

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Palin, Sarah. Urging her supporters to oppose Democratic plans for health care reform. Facebook, 7 Aug. 2009.

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what... Who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims...These are people who pay no income tax...And so my job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.

Mitt Romney

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Topic

American politics

Speaker

Mitt Romney

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Romney, Mitt. Remarks at private fundraiser. 17 May 2012, Boca Raton, FL, USA.