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While classes exist no one is free.
We are not born to be slaves or to be masters.
We are born to be brothers and sisters.
What is capitalism but buying and selling of people?

Ernesto Cardenal

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Topic

Class conflict Power relations Equality Brotherhood Social hierarchy

Author

Ernesto Cardenal

Source

Canto Nacional

Medium

Poem

Genre

Political literature

Language

Spanish

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Cardenal, Ernesto. Canto nacional. Ediciones Carlos Loblé, 1973.

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.

Ernest Dimnet

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Topic

Architecture

Author

Ernest Dimnet

Source

What We Live By

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Dimnet, Ernest. What We Live By. Simon & Schuster, 1932, pt. 2, ch. 12.

I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracy, for the starvation that stalks after it.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Topic

Anti-war Consequences of war War

Speaker

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Source

The Unknown Soldier

Medium

Sermon

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Denunciation

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Fosdick, Harry Emerson. "The Unknown Soldier." The Secret Of Victorious Living. Harper & Brothers, 1934. Originally a sermon delivered on 12 Nov. 1933, Riverside Church, New York, NY, USA.

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

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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.

Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.

Theodore Parker

A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion

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Topic

Nature of truth

Author

Theodore Parker

Source

A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion

Language

English

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Parker, Theodore. A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1842.

Of the two evils the lesser is always to be chosen.

Thomas à Kempis

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Topic

Evil

Author

Thomas à Kempis

Source

The Imitation of Christ

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

1427 1420s 15th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

A Kempis, Thomas. De Imitatione Christi [The Imitation of Christ]. c. 1427.

Current Citation

A Kempis, Thomas. The Complete Imitation of Christ, translated by John Julian. Paraclete Press, 2012.

Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Ethical Demands for Integration

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Topic

Civil rights Law

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

The Ethical Demands for Integration

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. “The Ethical Demands for Integration.” 27 Dec. 1962, University of Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, TN, USA.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Topic

Reason for living

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Questionable assertions

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Walk to Freedom." 23 June 1963, Detroit, MI, USA.

It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.

St. Jerome

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Topic

Willful ignorance Ignorance

Author

St. Jerome

Source

Letters of St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

394 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Paulinus. c. 394.

Current Citation

Saint Jerome. The Letters of Saint Jerome. Aeterna Press, 2016.

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?

St. Jerome

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Topic

First impressions

Author

St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

403 400s 5th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Laeta. c. 403, sect. 4.

Current Citation

Saint Jerome. "Letter CVII." Select Letters of Saint Jerome. Aeterna Press, 2015, sect. 4.

The heart is like a viper, hissing, and spitting poison at God.

Jonathan Edwards

Men Naturally God's Enemies

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Topic

God and man Sinfulness

Author

Jonathan Edwards

Source

Men Naturally God's Enemies

Medium

Sermon

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1736 1730s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Edwards, Jonathan. "Men Naturally God's Enemies." Aug. 1736, United States, sect. 1.

Current Citation

Edwards, Jonathan. "Men Naturally God's Enemies." The Works of Jonathan Edwards, edited by Edward Hickman. Vol. 2, Banner of Truth, 1995, sect. 1.

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.

If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.

St. Jerome

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Topic

Assigning blame

Author

St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

379 370s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Presbyter Marcus. c. 379, sect. 2.

All words are pegs to hang ideas on.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Language Words

Author

Henry Ward Beecher

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Beecher, Henry Ward. "The Human Mind." Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit. D. Appleton and Company, 1887.

Thunder is the voice of God, and, therefore, to be dreaded.

Increase Mather

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Topic

Thunder Weather God and nature

Author

Increase Mather

Language

English

Time

1684 1680s 17th century

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Citation

Mather, Increase. An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences. Boston: Joseph Browning, 1684, ch. 4.

Perfection is the child of Time.

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Topic

Incremental improvement Progress Perfection

Author

Joseph Hall

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Hall, Joseph. The Works of Joseph Hall Doctor in Divinitie, and Deane of Worchester. London: Nath. Butter, 1625.

And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.

Alcuin of York

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Topic

The mob The masses Political theory Politics

Author

Alcuin of York

Source

Letters of Alcuin

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

800 800s 9th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Citation

Alcuin. Letter to Charlemagne. c. 850.

Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Topic

Nature of man

Author

Charles Caleb Colton

Source

Lacon

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Colton, Charles Caleb. Lacon: Or Many Things In Few Words Addressed To Those Who Think. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820.

The Lord says in the gospel; "I am the Truth." He does not say "I am custom." Therefore, when the truth is made manifest, custom must give way to truth.

Libosus of Vaga

Quoted in On Baptism, Against the Donatists, by Augustine of Hippo

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Topic

Truth Custom and convention Moral absolutism Moral theory Morality

Speaker

Libosus of Vaga

Author

Augustine of Hippo

Source

On Baptism, Against the Donatists

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

400 400s 5th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Libosus of Vaga. Quoted in De Baptismo Contra Donatistas [On Baptism, Against the Donatists]. c. 400, bk. 3, ch. 6, sect. 9.

The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives freshwater, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end, generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.

Desmond Tutu

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Topic

Generosity

Speaker

Desmond Tutu

Language

English

Time

2016 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Tutu, Desmond and Tenzin Gyatso and Dalai Lama XIV. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World. Cornerstone Publishers, 2016.