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Human blunders, however, usually, do more to shape history than human wickedness.

A.J.P. Taylor

The Origins of the Second World War

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Topic

Nature of history History

Author

A.J.P. Taylor

Source

The Origins of the Second World War

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Taylor, A. J. P. The Origins of the Second World War. Hamish Hamilton, 1961, ch. 10.

2 of 110

America is a nation created by all the hopeful wanderers of Europe, not out of geography and genetics, but out of purpose.

Theodore H. White

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American character America

Author

Theodore H. White

Source

The Making of the President

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

White, Theodore H. The Making of the President 1960. Atheneum Publishers, 1961, ch. 15.

3 of 110

From a very early age, I had imbibed the opinion, that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.

William Cobbett

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Civic duty Citizenship

Author

William Cobbett

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Cobbett, William. Political Register. 22 Dec. 1832.

4 of 110

We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we…remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment unpopular.

Edward R. Murrow

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Red Scare Dissent

Speaker

Edward R. Murrow

Source

See It Now

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Murrow, Edward R. See It Now. CBS, 9 Mar. 1954.

5 of 110

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. Hitler was the archetype of the abstemious man.

A.J. Liebling

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Cutting loose Asceticism

Author

A.J. Liebling

Source

La Nautique

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Liebling, Abbott Joseph. "La Nautique." Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris. Simon & Schuster, 1959.

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By the "Establishment," I do not mean only the centers of official power-though they are certainly part of it-but rather the whole matrix of official and social relations within which power is exercised.

Henry Fairlie

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The man Elites

Author

Henry Fairlie

Source

The Spectator

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Fairlie, Henry. "How The Spectator invented the Establishment." The Spectator, 23 Sept. 1955.

7 of 110

Nothing changes more constantly that the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but what men believe happened.

Gerald White Johnson

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Nature of history History

Author

Gerald White Johnson

Source

American Heroes and Hero Worship

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Johnson, Gerald W. American Heroes and Hero-Worship. Harper & Brothers, 1943.

8 of 110

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

George Orwell

The Road to Wigan Pier

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Topic

Christianity Socialism

Author

George Orwell

Source

The Road to Wigan Pier

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. Victor Gollancz, 1937, pt. 2, ch. 11.

9 of 110

I worry that patriotism run amok will trample the very values that the country seeks to defend.

Dan Rather

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Downsides of patriotism Patriotism

Speaker

Dan Rather

Source

BBC

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rather, Dan. "The Problem with Patriotism." Bring 'Em On: Media and Politics in the Iraq War. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.

10 of 110

Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.

Charles Kuralt

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Travel America

Author

Charles Kuralt

Source

On the Road with Charles Kuralt

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Kuralt, Charles. "On the Road" The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. CBS News Productions, c. 1980.