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

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

Show me a good loser and I will show you a failure.

Knute Rockne

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Rockne, Knute. Quoted in Washington Post. 15 Aug. 1943.

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Adams, John. Letter to the Officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts. 11 Oct. 1798.

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Reagan, Ronald. Remarks to state chairs in Washington, DC. National White House Conference on Small Business. 15 Aug. 1986, Old Executive Office Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Tuchman, Barbara W. Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45. Macmillan, 1972, ch. 8.

If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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Longworth, Alice Roosevelt. Embroidered on a pillow in her sitting room. c. 1980.

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Jackson, Andrew. Veto message on bank bill. Congress meeting. 10 July 1832, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 20.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 20.

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Maclean, Norman. "A River Runs Through it." A River Runs Through It and Other Stories. University of Chicago Press, 1976.

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Ford, Gerald. Remarks in the U.S. House of Representatives in an effort to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. House of Representatives meeting. 15 Apr. 1970, House of Representatives Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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

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Ingersoll, Robert Green. "The Gods." c. 1872. Lecture.

This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it.

Vine Deloria, Jr.

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Deloria, Vine, Jr. "This Country Was a Lot Better Off When the Indians Were Running It." The New York Times, 8 Mar. 1970.

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Geronimo. Speech from Fort Sill. 1877, Fort Sill, OK, USA.

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Geronimo. Quoted in Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place, written by Angie Debo. University of Oklahoma Press, 1976.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Life Without Principle." The Atlantic, Oct. 1863.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Life Without Principle." Walden and Other Writings. Modern Library, 2000.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." 23 Apr. 1910, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Letters and Speeches, edited by Louis Auchincloss. Library of America, 2004.

There are no warlike peoples-just warlike leaders.

Ralph J. Bunche

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Bunche, Ralph J. Address to United Nations. c. 1971, New York City, NY, USA.

I like to be in America!
Ok by me in America!
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America!

Stephen Sondheim

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Sondheim, Stephen. "America." West Side Story. Composed by Leonard Bernstein. 26 Sept. 1957, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.