1960s

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What was once thought can never be unthought.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

The Physicists

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Topic

Intellectual progress

Speaker

Mobius

Author

Friedrich Durrenmatt

Source

The Physicists

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Durrenmatt, Friedrich. Die Physiker [The Physicists]. 1962, Zurich, Switzerland, act 2.

Current Citation

Durrenmatt, Friedrich. The Physicists, translated by Joel Agee. Grove Press, 2010, act 2.

This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience... We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Topic

Military industrial complex American politics

Speaker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Medium

Speech

Genre

Presidential farewell address Political speech

Statement Type

Warning

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Farewell address. 17 Jan. 1961, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Broadcast.

I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita…"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

J. Robert Oppenheimer

On the explosion of the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16th, 1945.

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Topic

Nuclear weapons

Speaker

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Source

The Decison to Drop the Bomb

Medium

Film

Genre

Documentary (film)

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Oppenheimer, J. Robert. Quoted in NBC White Paper: The Decision to Drop the Bomb. Narrated by Chet Huntley, directed by Fred Freed and Len Giovannitti, written by Fred Freed, 5 Jan. 1965, NBC.

Well, the people have spoken-the bastards.

Dick Tuck

Conceding defeat in the 1966 primary for a seat in the California state senate.

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Topic

Downsides of democracy Democracy

Speaker

Dick Tuck

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Tuck, Dick. Spoken after being defeated in the California Senate primary. 1966. CA, USA.

One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Topic

Civil disobedience Breaking the law Fighting injustice

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Medium

Open letter Letter

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

Current Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

I could have danced all night.

Eliza Doolittle

My Fair Lady

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Topic

Dancing

Speaker

Eliza Doolittle

Actor

Audrey Hepburn

Source

I Could Have Danced All Night My Fair Lady

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical comedy (film) Musical (film) Musical comedy Musical

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"I Could Have Danced All Night." My Fair Lady. Directed by George Cukor, performed by Marni Nixon, Warner Bros., 1964.

Come Senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall.

Bob Dylan

The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)

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Topic

Resistance to change Political progress Progress

Speaker

Bob Dylan

Source

The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Protest music Folk music

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dylan, Bob. "The Times They Are a-Changin'." The Times They Are a-Changin'. Columbia Records, 1965.

All you need is love.

The Beatles

All You Need Is Love

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Topic

Love

Speaker

The Beatles

Source

All You Need Is Love

Medium

Song

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. All You Need Is Love. Performed by The Beatles. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1967.

How many times can a man turn his head,
And pretend that he just doesn't see?

Bob Dylan

Blowin' in the Wind

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Topic

Injustice

Speaker

Bob Dylan

Source

Blowin' in the Wind The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk music

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dylan, Bob. "Blowin' in the Wind." The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Columbia Records, 1963.

Bond. James Bond.

James Bond

Dr. No

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Speaker

James Bond

Actor

Sean Connery

Source

Dr. No

Medium

Film

Genre

Spy (film) Action (film) Spy Action

Statement Type

Introduction

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dr. No. Directed by Terence Young, Eon Productions, 1962.

That's our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.

Malcolm X

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Topic

Black freedom struggle

Speaker

Malcolm X

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Malcolm X. Speech at the founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. Founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. 28 June 1964, Audubon Ballroom, New York City, NY, USA.

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

God and creation

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 1.

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"

John F. Kennedy

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Topic

Cold War

Speaker

John F. Kennedy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Ich bin ein Berliner." 26 June 1963, Rathaus Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Kenneth Tynan

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Topic

Critics

Author

Kenneth Tynan

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tynan, Kenneth. Quoted in "Critic Kenneth Tynan Has Mellowed But Is Still England's Stingingest Gadfly." Written by Godfrey Smith. The New York Times, 9 Jan. 1966.

The pebble
is a perfect creature

equal to itself
mindful of its limits

filled exactly
with a pebbly meaning

Zbigniew Herbert

Pebble

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Topic

Nature

Author

Zbigniew Herbert

Source

Pebble

Medium

Poem

Language

Polish

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Herbert, Zbigniew. "Kamyk [Pebble]." Studium przedmiotu [Subject Study]. Czytelnik, 1961.

Give us this day our television, and an automobile, but deliver us from freedom.

Masculin Féminin

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Topic

Modern life

Speaker

Madeleine Zimmer

Actor

Chantal Goya

Source

Masculin Féminin

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

French

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Masculin Féminin [Masculine Feminine]. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Anouchka Films-Argos Films/Sandrews-Svenskfilmindustri, 1966.

Human contact seemed to her so frail a thing that the hope that two people might want each other in the same way, at the same time and with the possibility of doing something about it, seemed infinitely remote.

Margaret Drabble

The Waterfall

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Topic

Connecting with others

Author

Margaret Drabble

Source

The Waterfall

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Drabble, Margaret. The Waterfall. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Topic

Racial equality Political reconciliation

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

I Have a Dream

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

Set me free, why don'tcha, baby
Get out my life, why don'tcha, baby
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on.

The Supremes

You Keep Me Hangin' On

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Topic

Broken relationships

Speaker

The Supremes

Source

You Keep Me Hangin' On

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Holland, Eddie and Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. You Keep Me Hangin' On. Performed by The Supremes. Motown Records, 1966.

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Topic

Civil disobedience Breaking the law Fighting injustice

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Medium

Open letter Letter

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

Current Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.