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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.

Woodrow Wilson

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World War I America and the world

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. Speech in Des Moines. 1 Feb. 1916, Des Moines Coliseum, Des Moines, IA, USA.

I don't oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

Barack Obama

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Iraq War

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Speeches of Barack Obama

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. Speech to anti-war rally. 2 Oct. 2002, Federal Plaza, Chicago, IL, USA.

A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way. But intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.

Albert Einstein

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New ideas Discovery Intuition Innovation Creativity

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Letters of Albert Einstein

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Letter to Dr. H. L. Gordon." Quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, 2007. Originally from Letter to Dr. H. L. Gordon, 3 May 1949.

The various admirable movements in which I have been engaged have always developed among their members a large lunatic fringe.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Political extremism Politics

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Letter to Henry Cabot Lodge. 27 Feb. 1913.

A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished when others are tortured or oppressed, or treated as if they were less than who they are.

Desmond Tutu

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Interconnectedness of all people Loving others Openness Self-assurance

Author

Desmond Tutu

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Tutu, Desmond. No Future Without Forgiveness. Doubleday, 1999.

When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

Desmond Tutu

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Desmond Tutu

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English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Tutu, Desmond. God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time. Doubleday, 2004.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Jumping in Taking action Taking risks Overcoming adversity Haters gonna hate

Speaker

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

Speeches of Theodore Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." 23 Apr. 1910, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Letters and Speeches, edited by Louis Auchincloss. Library of America, 2004.

A woman without a man cannot meet a man, any man, of any age, without thinking, even if it's for a half-second, Perhaps this is the man.

Doris Lessing

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Topic

Men and women

Author

Doris Lessing

Source

The Golden Notebook

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

Having looked the beast of the past in the eye, having asked and received forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past-not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us.

Desmond Tutu

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Moving forward Letting go of the past The past

Author

Desmond Tutu

Source

Report of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tutu, Desmond. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report. Vol. 1, The Commission, 1998, foreword.

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.

Bertrand Russell

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Topic

Delusion

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

Dreams and Facts Sceptical Essays

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "Dreams and Facts." Sceptical Essays. George Allen and Unwin Ltd./W. W. Norton & Company, 1928.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

Bertrand Russell

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Topic

Nature of man Credulity Beliefs

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish Unpopular Essays

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish." Unpopular Essays. George Allen & Unwin, 1950.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty.

Bertrand Russell

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Superstition

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Bertrand Russell

Source

An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish Unpopular Essays

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish." Unpopular Essays. George Allen & Unwin, 1950.

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Environmental protection

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Theodore Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Speech in Colorado. Colorado Live Stock Association meeting. 29 Aug. 1910, Denver, CO, USA.

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true.

Bertrand Russell

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Topic

Unfounded beliefs Beliefs

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

On the Value of Skepticism Sceptical Essays

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "On the Value of Skepticism." Sceptical Essays. George Allen and Unwin Ltd./W. W. Norton & Company, 1928.

Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence.

Rabindranath Tagore

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Topic

Individual vs. the collective Isolation The crowd Man as social animal

Author

Rabindranath Tagore

Language

Bengali

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Tagore, Rabindrath. Stray Birds. The Macmillan Company, 1916, no. 110.

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.

Amartya Sen

Development as Freedom

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Topic

Democracy

Author

Amartya Sen

Source

Development as Freedom

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sen, Amartya. Development as Freedom. Alfred A. Knopf, 1999, ch. 1.

I've never done a single thing I've wanted to in my whole life! I don't know 's I've accomplished anything except just get along.

Sinclair Lewis

Babbitt

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Conformity Regrets Wasted life

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

Babbitt

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Lament

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922, ch. 34.

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt, edited by Gordon Hutner. Oxford University Press, 2010, ch. 34.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

Bertrand Russell

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Vulnerability in love

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

The Conquest of Happiness

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. The Conquest of Happiness. Liveright, 1930, ch. 12.

I'll tell you a big secret mon cher. Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.

Albert Camus

The Fall

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Topic

Being present Life Judgment Day The human condition

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Fall

Medium

Novel

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Camus, Albert. La Chute [The Fall]. Editions Gallimard, 1956.

Sisyphyus, proletarian of the gods, powerless and rebellious, knows the whole extent of his wretched condition: it is what he thinks of during his descent. The lucidity that was to constitute his torture at the same time crowns his victory. There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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Topic

Absurdity of life The human condition

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Myth of Sisyphus

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1942 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.