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A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Rebellion Revolution Political theory Politics

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Source

Letters of Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Madison. 30 Jan. 1787.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "James Madison, Jan. 30, 1787." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

History is written by the winners.

George Orwell

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Topic

History

Author

George Orwell

Source

As I Please Tribune

Medium

Article Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no 18.

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

End of the world Decline of civilization Societal collapse

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Hollow Men

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Hollow Men." Poems: 1909-1925. Faber and Gwyer, 1925, pt. 5.

Current Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Hollow Men." The Waste Land and Other Poems. Vintage, 2021, pt. 5.

Because it's there.

George Mallory

Quoted in The New York Times

Upon being asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest.

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Topic

Climbing mountains Mountains Finding one's limits Adventure Challenges

Speaker

George Mallory

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Mallory, George. "Climbing Mount Everest is Work for Supermen." New York Times, 18 Mar. 1923.

The customer is always right.

Marshall Field

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Topic

Customers Business

Author

Marshall Field

Source

Boston Sunday Herald

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Field, Marshall. "America's Biggest Taxpayer Is a Merchant Prince of Chicago: Leads Country's Big Taxpayers." The Sunday Herald, 3 Sept. 1905, Women's section, p. 10, col. 2.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Political division American Civil War American politics

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Topic

Citizen and state Civic duty American politics

Speaker

John F. Kennedy

Source

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Declaration of Independence

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Topic

Declaration of Independence American politics

Source

Declaration of Independence

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

United States Declaration of Independence. 1776.

Current Citation

The National Archives. The Declaration of Independence: A Transcript. 24 July 2020, www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

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Topic

Boxing

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Source

CBS

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Interviewed by Bob Halloran, CBS, c. 25 Feb. 1964.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Berlin Wall Cold War Communism

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

Address at the Brandenburg Gate

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "Tear Down This Wall!" 12 June 1987, Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare; and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Constitution of the United States

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Topic

Forming a government American politics

Source

Constitution of the United States

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

The United States Constitution. Preamble.

Current Citation

"The Constitution of the United States." The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Racehorse, 2016, preamble.

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ozymandias

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Topic

Arrogance Hubris

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

Ozymandias

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." The Examiner. London: Leigh Hunt and John Hunt, 11 Jan. 1818, l. 11.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 11.

History is more or less bunk.

Henry Ford

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Topic

History

Speaker

Henry Ford

Source

Chicago Tribune

Medium

Interview Newspapers

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Ford, Henry. Interviewed by Charles N. Wheeler. Chicago Tribune, 25 May 1916.

The buck stops here.

Harry Truman

Phrase on a sign on Harry Truman's desk in the White House.

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Topic

Political leadership Taking responsibility

Author

Harry Truman

Medium

Inscription

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Truman, Harry S. Sign on Truman's desk during his presidency. c. 1945.

It ain't over till it's over.

Yogi Berra

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Topic

Never giving up

Speaker

Yogi Berra

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Original Citation

Berra, Yogi. Comment on National League pennant race. July 1973, New York, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Berra, Yogi. The Yogi Book. Workman Publishing Company, 2010, foreword.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

W.B. Yeats

The Second Coming

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Topic

Decline of civilization Moral decline

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

The Second Coming

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1920.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Well-behaved women seldom make history.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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Topic

Girl power

Author

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Source

Vertuous Women Found American Quarterly

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Thatcher Ulrich, Laurel. "Vertuous Women Found: New England Ministerial Literature, 1668-1735." American Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana

The Life of Reason

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Topic

Learning from the past History The past

Author

George Santayana

Source

The Life of Reason

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2011, bk. 1, ch. 12. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905

Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never is, but always to be blessed.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Man

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Topic

Hope

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

An Essay on Man

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1733 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 1, l. 95.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 1, l. 95.

It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.

Thomas Fuller (churchman)

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Topic

Things get better Hard times

Author

Thomas Fuller (churchman)

Source

A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1650 1650s 17th century

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Citation

Fuller, Thomas. A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the confines thereof with the history of the Old and New Testament acted thereon. London: John Williams, 1650.