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Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

Dean Acheson

Quoted in The Guardian

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Topic

United Kingdom British empire Post-war Europe Imperialism

Speaker

Dean Acheson

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Acheson, Dean. "Special Relationship." 6 Dec. 1962, West Point, NY, USA.

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

Henry Wotton

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Topic

Diplomacy Foreign policy International politics

Author

Henry Wotton

Language

Latin

Time

1604 1600s 17th century

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Citation

Wotton, Henry. Album of Christopher Fleckamore. c. 1604.

In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well. Well building hath three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

Henry Wotton

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Topic

Architecture

Author

Henry Wotton

Source

Elements of Architecture

Medium

Treatise

Language

English

Time

1624 1620s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wotton, Henry. Elements of Architecture. London: John Bill, 1624, pt. 1.

The main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.

George F. Kennan

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Topic

Cold War Soviet Union

Author

George F. Kennan

Source

The Sources of Soviet Conduct

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Kennan, George Frost [published as "X"]. "The Sources of Soviet Conduct." Foreign Affairs, July 1947.

Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it.

David Ormsby Gore

Quoted in The New York Times

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Topic

British imperialism Imperialism

Speaker

David Ormsby Gore

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Ormsby-Gore, David. Quoted in The New York Times. 28 Oct. 1962.

The word "freedom" means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word "order." Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

Prince Metternich

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Topic

Ordered liberty Freedom Order Law and order

Author

Prince Metternich

Language

German

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Metternich, Klemens von. Mein Politisches Testament [My Political Testament]. c. 1880.