Speech

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The policy is obliteration, openly acknowledged. This is not a justifiable act of war.

George Bell

On the Allied policy of widspread bombing of Berlin and other German cities in 1944.

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Topic

Total war War crimes War World War II

Speaker

George Bell

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Bell, George. "Speech Opposing Area Bombing." House of Lords meeting. 9 Feb. 1944, Westminster, London, England, UK.

Once literature is contrived as the hymn of the nation, the flag of the race, the mouthpiece of a political party or the voice of a class or a group it can be employed as a mighty and all-engulfing tool of propaganda. However, such literature loses what is inherent in literature, ceases to be literature, and becomes a substitute for power and profit.

Gao Xingjian

The Case for Literature

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Topic

Literature

Speaker

Gao Xingjian

Source

The Case for Literature

Medium

Nobel Prize Lecture Speech

Language

Chinese

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gao Xingjian. "The Case for Literature." Nobel Lecture. 7 Dec. 2000, Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden.

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

Pierre Trudeau

On relations between Canada and the US.

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Topic

America and Canada America

Speaker

Pierre Trudeau

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trudeau, Pierre. Speech at National Press Club. National Press Club meeting. 25 Mar. 1969, Washington, DC, USA.

Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species.

William James

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Topic

Man's cruelty to man Man and animals Nature of man

Author

William James

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

James, William. "Remarks At The Peace Banquet." Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1904. Originally remarks at the world peace banquet. 7 Oct. 1904, Boston, MA, USA.

Where all your rights become only an accumulated wrong; where men must beg with bated breath for leave to subsist in their own land, to think their own thoughts, to sing their own songs, to garner the fruits of their own labors... Then surely it is braver, a saner and truer thing, to be a rebel in act and deed against such circumstances as these than tamely to accept it as the natural lot of men.

Roger Casement

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Topic

Resisting authority Revolution

Speaker

Roger Casement

Source

King's Bench. R vs Casement

Medium

Courtroom speech Speech

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Casement, Roger. King's Bench. R vs Casement [1017] KB 98, 134. 29 June 1916.

We are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater than human intelligence.

Vernor Vinge

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Topic

Artificial intelligence Technological progress

Speaker

Vernor Vinge

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Vinge, Vernor. "Technological Singularity." VISION-21 Symposium. 30 Mar. 1993 - 31 Mar. 1993, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA. Speech.

It is... Time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on the state.

John Major

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Topic

Personal responsibility Politics

Author

John Major

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Major, John. Speech at the Conservative Party Conference. Conservative Pary Conference. 8 Oct. 1993, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.

At eleven o'clock this morning came to an end the cruelest and most terrible war that has ever scourged mankind. I hope we may say thus, this fateful morning, came to an end all wars.

David Lloyd George

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Topic

World War I

Speaker

David Lloyd George

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

George, David Lloyd. Address about the signing of an armistice. House of Commons. 11 Nov. 1918, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

The truth is that we need invertebrates but they don't need us. If human beings were to disappear tomorrow, the world would go on with little change... But if invertebrates were to disappear, I doubt that the human species could last more than a few months.

E.O. Wilson

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Topic

Man and animals Man and nature

Speaker

E.O. Wilson

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Wilson, Edward Osborne. "The Little Things That Run the World." The opening of the invertebrates exhibit. 7 May 1987, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, USA.

True, we build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures-unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth our difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.

John W. Davis

On lawyers.

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Topic

Lawyers

Speaker

John W. Davis

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Davis, John W. Address in New York. 16 Mar. 1946, New York, NY, USA.

North American civilization is one of the ugliest to have emerged in human history, and it has engulfed the world. Asphalt and exhaust fumes clog the villages... This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... The inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the globe.

Arthur Charles Erickson

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Topic

America Materialism Environmental destruction

Speaker

Arthur Charles Erickson

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Erickson, Arthur Charles. Speech recieving an honorary university degree, LL.D. (Honoris Causa). 1973, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to the enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.

Alexander Fleming

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Topic

The individual Originality Creativity

Speaker

Alexander Fleming

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Fleming, Alexander. Address at Edinburgh University. 1951, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

There is nothing in the world except empty curved space. Matter, charge, electromagnetism and other fields are only manifestations of the curvature of space.

John Archibald Wheeler

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Topic

Perception vs. reality

Speaker

John Archibald Wheeler

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Wheeler, John Archibald. "Curved Empty Space-Time as the Building Material of the Physical World." Meeting of the International Philosophy of Science Association. 1960, Stanford, CA, USA.

Here we will stand and fight; there will be no further withdrawal. I have ordered that all plans and instructions dealing with further withdrawal are to be burnt, and at once. We will stand and fight here. If we can't stay here alive, then let us stay here dead.

Bernard Montgomery

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Topic

Back against the wall Never surrender Surrender War

Speaker

Bernard Montgomery

Medium

Speech

Genre

Military speech

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Lord Montgomery of Alamein. Address to the Officers and Men of the Eighth Army. 13 Aug. 1942, Cairo, Egypt.

Let us not be deceived-we are today in the midst of a cold war. Our enemies are to be found abroad and at home. Let us not forget this: our unrest is the heart of their success.

Bernard Baruch

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Topic

Cold War

Speaker

Bernard Baruch

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Baruch, Bernard M. Address in the South Carolina Legislature. 16 Apr. 1947, State House, Columbia, SC, USA.

Our foreign policy must have an ethical dimension and must support the demands of other people for the democratic rights on which we insist for ourselves.

Robin Cook

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Topic

Morality in foreign policy Foreign policy International politics

Speaker

Robin Cook

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Cook, Robin. Mission statement. 12 May 1997, UK.

The Germans, if this Government is returned, are going to pay every penny; they are going to be squeezed as a lemon is squeezed-until the pips squeak.

Eric Geddes

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Topic

Germany World War I World War II

Speaker

Eric Geddes

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Geddes, Eric. Speech in Cambridge. 10 Dec. 1918, Cambridge, England, UK.

One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment.

Steven Weinberg

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Topic

Science and religion

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Steven Weinberg

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Weinberg, Steven. "A Designer Universe." Conference on Cosmic Design. 1999, Washington, DC, USA. Speech.

We are the change that we seek.

Barack Obama

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Topic

Political progress Progress Change Politics

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Speeches of Barack Obama

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. Senator Barack Obama’s speech to supporters after the nominating contests. 5 Feb. 2008, Chicago, IL, USA.

Don't ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn't.

Michelle Obama

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Topic

Decisions and choices Hope vs. fear Hope Fear

Author

Michelle Obama

Source

Fear Is a Useless Emotion

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Obama, Michelle. Quoted in "Michelle Obama in Phoenix: 'Fear Is a Useless Emotion'" by Dawn Teo. Huffpost.com, 5 June 2008, www.huffpost.com/entry/michelle-obama-in-phoenix_b_103924. Originally stated during campaign fund raiser. 3 June 2008, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.