1960s

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Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

Herbert Marcuse

One-Dimensional Man

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Topic

Limits of democracy Elections Democracy

Author

Herbert Marcuse

Source

One-Dimensional Man

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Marcuse, Herbert. One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society. Beacon Press, 1964, ch. 1.

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

Hugo Black

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

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First Amendment Freedom of speech and expression American politics

Author

Hugo Black

Source

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Black, Hugo. United States, Supreme Court. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. United States Reports, vol. 376, 9 Mar. 1964, pp. 254-305. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/376/254/.

I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon—if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

John F. Kennedy

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Topic

The moon landing Space race

Speaker

John F. Kennedy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kennedy, John F. Special Message to Congress on Urgent National Needs. 25 May 1961, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

Barry Goldwater

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Topic

Political campaigns American politics

Speaker

Barry Goldwater

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Remarks announcing candidacy for the republican presidential nomination. 3 Jan. 1964, Paradise City, AZ, USA. News conference.

I fought the law, and the law won.

The Crickets

I Fought the Law

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Topic

Law Resisting authority The man

Speaker

The Crickets

Source

I Fought the Law

Genre

Rock and roll

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Curtis, Sonny. "I Fought the Law." Performed by The Crickets. In Style With the Crickets. Coral Records, 1960.

A minimum of comfort is necessary for the practice of virtue.

Patrice Lumumba

Congo, My Country

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Topic

Moral theory

Author

Patrice Lumumba

Source

Congo, My Country

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lumumba, Patrice. Congo, My Country. Praeger, 1962, ch. 3.

It was as though in those last minutes he was summing up the lesson that this long course in human wickedness had taught us—the lesson of the fearsome, word-and-thought-defying banality of evil.

Hannah Arendt

On the trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of the organizers of the Holocaust.

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Topic

Nature of evil Evil The Holocaust

Author

Hannah Arendt

Source

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil The New Yorker

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Political literature Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Arendt, Hanna. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. Viking Press, 1963. Originally published by The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 1963.

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a State has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

Thurgood Marshall

Stanley v. Georgia

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Topic

First Amendment Constitutional law

Author

Thurgood Marshall

Source

Stanley v. Georgia

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Marshall, Thurgood. United States, Supreme Court. Stanley v. Georgia. United States Reports, vol. 394, 7 Apr. 1969, pp. 557-572. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/394/557/.

What did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?

Robert Hayden

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Topic

Love

Author

Robert Hayden

Source

Those Winter Sundays

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hayden, Robert. "Those Winter Sundays." A Ballad of Remembrance. Paul Breman, 1962, I. 13.

Patience has its limits. Take it too far and it's cowardice.

George Jackson

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Topic

Fighting injustice

Author

George Jackson

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jackson, George. Letter to Mother and Father. 2 May 1965.

The government strong enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take it all away.

Barry Goldwater

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Topic

Limited government Role of government Government Political theory Politics

Speaker

Barry Goldwater

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Campaign speech. 21 Oct. 1964.

Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?

John Cage

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Topic

Music

Author

John Cage

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cage, John. "Communication." Composition as a Process lecture series. 1958, Darmstadt, Germany.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Stanislaw Lec

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Topic

Taking responsibility Causation

Author

Stanislaw Lec

Source

More Unkempt Thoughts

Language

Polish

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lec, Stanislaw Jerzy. Myśli nieuczesane nowe [More Unkempt Thoughts]. The Curtis Publishing Company, 1964.

The technocratic imperative: "What can be done must be done."

Theodore Roszak

The Making of the Counter Culture

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Topic

Can vs. should

Author

Theodore Roszak

Source

The Making of the Counter Culture

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roszak, Theodore. The Making of the Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society. Doubleday & Co., 1969, appendix.

There must be eyes upon the street, eyes belonging to those we might call the natural proprietors of the street. The buildings on a street equipped to handle strangers and to insure the safety of both residents and strangers, must be oriented to the street. They cannot turn their backs or blank sides on it and leave it blind.

Jane Jacobs

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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Topic

Urban planning Cities

Author

Jane Jacobs

Source

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Random House, 1961, pt. 1, ch. 2.

We're gonna win the game. I guarantee it.

Joe Namath

Predicting a Jets Super Bowl victory.

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Topic

Football

Speaker

Joe Namath

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Namath, Joe. Namath's guarantee to win Superbowl III. Awards dinner. 9 Jan. 1969, Miami Touchdown Club, Miami, FL, USA.

Current Citation

Namath, Joe. All the Way: My Life in Four Quarters. Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies- "God damn it, you've got to be kind."

Kurt Vonnegut

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Topic

Kindness How to behave

Speaker

Eliot Rosewater

Author

Kurt Vonnegut

Source

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965, ch. 7.

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.

Buckminster Fuller

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Topic

Man and nature Government

Author

Buckminster Fuller

Source

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fuller, Richard Buckminster. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. Simon and Schuster, 1969, ch. 4.

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, that red, white, and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief,"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Fortunate Son

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Topic

Vietnam War

Speaker

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Source

Fortunate Son

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fogerty, John. "Fortunate Son." Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Willy and the Poor Boys. Fantasy Records, 1969.

A bird does not sing
because he has an answer.
He sings
because he has a song.

Joan Walsh Anglund

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Topic

Bird songs Birds Self-expression

Author

Joan Walsh Anglund

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Anglund, Joan Walsh. A Cup of Sun: A Book of Poems. Harcourt, Brace, & World, 1967.