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There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously.

Theodore Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

The future

Speaker

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1905, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Albert Einstein

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Science and religion Science Religion

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. Conference in New York City. Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life. 9 Sept. 1940-11 Sept. 1940, New York City, NY, USA.

On the whole, and in the long run, we shall go up or down together.

Theodore Roosevelt

1901 State of the Union Address

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Interconnectedness of all people Politics

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

1901 State of the Union Address Presidential State of the Union addresses

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "State of the Union Address." 3 Dec. 1901, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Real freedom is freedom from fear, and unless you can live from fear, you cannot live a dignified human life.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Freedom from fear Nature of freedom Freedom

Speaker

Aung San Suu Kyi

Source

BBC News

Language

English

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Aung San Suu Kyi. Undated interview with the BBC. c. 1970.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein

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Creativity Imagination Knowledge

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Author

George Sylvester Viereck

Source

What Life Means to Einstein The Saturday Evening Post

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. "What Life Means to Einstein." Interviewed by George Sylvester Viereck. The Saturday Evening Post, 26 Oct. 1929.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Fake it 'til you make it Confidence

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Commencement speech. 28 June 1905, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

There is a loneliness that can be rocked. Arms crossed, knees drawn up, holding, holding on, this motion, unlike a ship's, smooths and contains the rocker. It's an inside kind-wrapped tight like skin. Then there is the loneliness that roams. No rocking can hold it down. It is alive. On its own. A dry and spreading thing that makes the sound of one's own feet going seem to come from a far-off place.

Toni Morrison

Beloved

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Topic

Loneliness

Author

Toni Morrison

Source

Beloved

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

What I know most surely about morality and the duty of man I owe to sport.

Albert Camus

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Topic

Sports Morality

Speaker

Albert Camus

Source

La belle époque RUA Magazine

Language

French

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Camus, Albert. "La Belle Époque [The Beautiful Era]." RUA Magazine, 15 Apr. 1953.

As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

War International politics

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

Einstein on the Atomic Bomb Atlantic Monthly

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Einstein on the Atomic Bomb." Interviewed by Raymond Swing. Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 1945.

Current Citation

Einstein, Albert. Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb. Princeton University Press, 2013, ch. 8.

The distinction between past, present and future is only an illusion, however persistent.

Albert Einstein

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Nature of time Time

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Letters of Albert Einstein

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. Quoted in Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology, by Max Jammer. Princeton University Press, 1999. Originally from Letter to Michaelangelo Besso, 21 Mar. 1955.

In order to be content men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers.

Albert Einstein

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Personal development Artistic development Happiness

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Freedom and Science

Medium

Essay

Language

German

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Freiheit und Wissenschaft [Freedom and Science]." 1940.

Current Citation

Einstein, Albert. "On Freedom." Out of My Later Years. Philosophical Library/Open Road, 2015, ch. 6.

I did not come here to solve anything.
I came to sing,
And for you to sing with me.

Pablo Neruda

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Purpose of poetry Poetry

Author

Pablo Neruda

Source

Que Despierte El Leñador

Medium

Poem

Language

Spanish

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Neruda, Pablo. Que Despierte El Leñador. Colección Yagruma, 1948.

We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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American ideals Equality of opportunity Equality

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.

Barack Obama

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War on Terrorism

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Barack Obama

Source

Speeches of Barack Obama

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. Remarks on the death of Osama Bin Laden. 1 May 2011, Washington, DC, USA.

We have stood apart, studiously neutral.

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic

World War I

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Third Annual Message." US Congress meeting. 7 Dec. 1915, United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.

There is no love of life without despair of life.

Albert Camus

Love of Life

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Topic

Life Hopelessness and despair The human condition

Author

Albert Camus

Source

Love of Life

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

French

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Camus, Albert. "Love of Life." Lyrical and Critical Essays. Vintage, 1970.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the earth, and we must behave as be seems a people with such responsibilities.

Theodore Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt

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Internationalism American foreign policy American power America and the world

Speaker

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1905, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Common sense is actually nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind prior to the age of eighteen.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Common sense Received wisdom Custom and convention

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

The Universe and Dr. Eistein

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. Quoted in The Universe and Dr. Eistein. Written by Lincoln Barnett. Sloane, 1950. Originally printed in Harpers, 1948.

We have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Topic

Political progress

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Equality American ideals American history

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.