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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Topic

Racial equality Equality Civil rights

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

I Have a Dream

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Topic

Acceptance Courage Wisdom

Author

Reinhold Niebuhr

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Niebuhr, Reinhold. Diary entry. 1932.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all people Injustice

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Medium

Open letter Letter

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Original Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

Current Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low; the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Topic

Progress Political reconciliation

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

I Have a Dream

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Vision

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

I have also decided to stick with love...hate is too great a burden to bear.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Where Do We Go From Here?

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Topic

Love and hate Love Hate

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Where Do We Go From Here?

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Where Do We Go From Here?" 11th Annual SCLC Convention. 16 Aug. 1967, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Our heart is restless until it rests in you.

St. Augustine

Confessions

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Topic

Seeking God God and man

Author

St. Augustine

Source

Confessions

Genre

Autobiography and memoir Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

400 400s 5th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score

Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 1, ch. 1.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Topic

Riots Political unrest Politics

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

King Martin Luther, Jr. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Harper & Row, 1967, ch. 4.

Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

St. Augustine

Confessions

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Topic

Chastity Sexual morality Self-control Sex

Author

St. Augustine

Source

Confessions

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Latin

Time

398 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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Topic

Origin of the universe God Creation

Author

St. Thomas Aquinas

Source

Summa Theologica

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1265 1260s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Saint Thomas Aquinus. Summa Theologica. c. 1274, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Saint Thomas Aquinus. The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Provinc. Christian Classics, 1981, pt. 1.

There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church.

St. Cyprian

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Topic

Catholic church Salvation Christianity

Author

St. Cyprian

Medium

Letter

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

256 250s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Saint Cyprian. Letter to Jubaianus. c. 256, sect. 21.

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir... America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Topic

Declaration of Independence US Constitution The Founders American founding Civil rights American politics

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

I Have a Dream

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Topic

Freedom Equality

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

I Have a Dream

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Apostle Paul

Romans 10:13

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Topic

Seeking God Salvation

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 10:13).

If God be for us, who can be against us?

Apostle Paul

Romans 8:31

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Topic

God taking sides

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 8:31).

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody.

Mother Teresa

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Topic

Isolation Loneliness

Speaker

Mother Teresa

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Mother Teresa. Quoted in Do Something Beautiful for God, written by Malcolm Muggeridge. Harper Collins, 1971.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.

Tertullian

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Topic

Martyrs The Church Christianity

Author

Tertullian

Source

Apologeticus

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

197 190s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Tertullian. Apologeticum [Apologeticus]. c. 197, ch. 50, sect. 13.

What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Tertullian

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Topic

Athens and Jerusalem Athens Jerusalem Philosophy Religion

Author

Tertullian

Source

On the Prescription of Heretics

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Latin

Time

220 220s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Tertullian. De Praescriptione Haereticorum [On the Prescription of Heretics]. c. 1892, ch. 7.

We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Topic

Civil rights Moral progress Progress Justice

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution

Medium

Sermon

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution." 31 Mar. 1968, National Cathedral, Washington, DC, USA. Sermon.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Mother Teresa

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Topic

Starting small Interconnectedness of all things

Author

Mother Teresa

Source

A Gift for God

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mother Teresa. A Gift for God: Prayers and Meditations. Harper & Row, 1975.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 13:4-8

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (1st Corinthians 13:4-8).