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Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events and the harmony of the whole Universe, if we only face the facts, as they say, "with both eyes open."

Nicolaus Copernicus

On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

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Topic

Scientific progress

Author

Nicolaus Copernicus

Source

On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Latin

Time

1543 1540s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Copernicus, Nicolaus. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium [On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres]. Nuremburg: Johannes Petreius, 1543, bk. 1, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Copernicus, Nicolaus. On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres. Prometheus, 1995, bk. 1, ch. 9.

Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Rosa Luxemburg

The Russian Revolution

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Topic

Minority rights Freedom

Author

Rosa Luxemburg

Source

The Russian Revolution

Genre

Political literature Historical literature

Language

German

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Russian Revolution." The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism? Trans. Bertram Wolfe. University of Michigan Press, 1961, ch. 6. Originally, Die russische Revolution [The Russian Revolution]. Paul Levi, 1922, ch. 6.

God made integers, all else is the work of man.

Leopold Kronecker

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Topic

Mathematics

Speaker

Leopold Kronecker

Medium

Lecture

Language

German

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Kronecker, Leopold. Berliner Naturforscher-Versammlung im Jahre. 1886, Berlin, Germany. Lecture.

Revolution do not stand still.

Rosa Luxemburg

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Topic

The only constant is change Revolution Political progress Politics

Author

Rosa Luxemburg

Source

The Beginning The Red Flag

Language

German

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Beginning." Die Rote Fahne [The Red Flag], 18 Nov. 1918.

Current Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Beginning." The Rosa Luxemburg Reader. New York University Press, 2004.

The tree was already rotten. I just gave it a good shake and the rotten apples fell.

Pope John Paul II

On the Soviet Union.

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Topic

Fall of communism Communism

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Language

Polish

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pope John Paul II. Quoted in His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time, written by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi. Doubleday, 1996.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Pope John Paul II

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Topic

Nature of freedom Freedom

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Source

Homily of John Paul II

Medium

Sermon

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Pope John Paul II. Homily of John Paul II. Eucharistic Celebration, Apstolic Journey to the United States. 8 Oct. 1995, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD, USA.

The basic anxiety, the anxiety of a finite being about the threat of non-being, cannot be eliminated. It belongs to existence itself.

Paul Tillich

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Topic

Facing death The human condition

Speaker

Paul Tillich

Source

The Courage to Be

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tillich, Paul. "The Courage to Be." 1950-1951, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Tillich, Paul. The Courage to Be. Yale University Press, 2014.

You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?

Lech Walesa

Quoted in The Daily Telegraph

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Topic

Decline of religion Modern life

Speaker

Lech Walesa

Source

The Daily Telegraph

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Walesa, Lech. Quoted in Daily Telegraph. 14 Dec. 1988.

It is this ability to bear what is unbearable and to go on living, to go on doing what one is used to doing-it is this uncanny ability that the existence of the human species is based on.

Christa Wolf

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Topic

Adaptability

Author

Christa Wolf

Source

Medea

Medium

Novel

Language

German

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wolf, Christa. Medea. Janus Press, 1996, ch. 10.

In those days, when every male who could stand half-way erect was being shipped to Verdun to undergo a radical change of posture from the vertical to the eternal horizontal.

Günter Grass

The Tin Drum

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Topic

World War I War

Author

Günter Grass

Source

The Tin Drum

Medium

Novel

Language

German

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum]. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. Franz Seitz Filmproduktion/Bioskop Film, 1959.

You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.

Pope John Paul II

On Judaism and the Jewish people.

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Topic

The Jewish people

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Medium

Speech

Language

Italian

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Pope John Paul II. "Text of Pope's Speech at Rome Synagogue: 'You Are Our Elder Brothers.'" The New York Times, 14 Apr. 1986, sec. A, p. 4. Originally was a speech to the Jewish Community of Rome. 13 Apr. 1986, Great Synagogue of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Allow me to depart to the house of the Father.

Pope John Paul II

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Topic

Heaven Death

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Medium

Last words

Statement Type

Last words

Language

Polish

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Pope John Paul II. Quoted in "Vatican Details Final Days of Pope John Paul II." Written by Brian Wingfield. The New York Times, 18 Sept. 2005. Originally his last words before he died on 2 Apr. 2005.

The culture of life means respect for nature and protection of God's work of creation. In a special way it means respect for human life from the first moment of conception until its natural end.

Pope John Paul II

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Topic

Abortion Capital punishment

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Pope John Paul II. Speech on the occasion of the eighth world youth day. Farewell ceremony. 15 Aug. 1993, International Airport of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.

The name of this infinite and inexhaustible depth and ground of all being is God.

Paul Tillich

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Topic

Nature of God God

Speaker

Paul Tillich

Source

The Shaking of the Foundations

Medium

Sermon

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tillich, Paul. "The Depth of Existence." Sunday services sermon. c. 1965, Union Theological Seminary Chapel, New York, NY, USA.

Buildings will collapse, power plants will stop generating electricity. Generals will drop atomic bombs on their own populations. Mad revolutionaries will run in the streets, crying fantastic slogans. I have often thought that it would begin in New York. This metropolis has all the symptoms of a mind gone berserk.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

The New Yorker

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Topic

End of the world New York City

Author

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Source

The Cafeteria The New Yorker

Medium

Short story Magazine

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Singer, Isaac Bashevis. "The Cafeteria." The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 1968.

We are ready for the dialogue.

Lech Walesa

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Topic

Conflict resolution Political reconciliation Politics

Speaker

Lech Walesa

Medium

Nobel Prize Lecture Speech

Language

Polish

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wałęsa, Lech. Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. 11 Dec. 1983, Norweigen Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway.

It would be simplistic to say that Divine Providence caused the fall of communism. It fell by itself as a consequence of its own mistakes and abuses. It fell by itself because of its own inherent weakness

Pope John Paul II

Upon being asked if the fall of the USSR could be ascribed to God.

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Topic

Fall of communism Communism Religion and politics

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Source

His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time

Medium

Interview

Language

Italian

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pope John Paul II. Quoted in His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time, written by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi. Doubleday, 1996.