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We haven't found any smoking guns.

Hans Blix

Regarding inspections for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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Topic

Weapons of mass destruction Iraq War

Author

Hans Blix

Source

Newsweek

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Blix, Hans. "Blix: No 'Smoking Guns' in Iraq." The Guardian, 9 Jan 2003. Originally a news conference. 9 Jan. 2003, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, NY, USA.

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Great Depression New Deal American politics

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Address at Oglethorpe University. 22 May 1932, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Representative democracy Political theory Democracy Politicians Politics

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Speech to the Electors of Bristol

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech to the Electors of Bristol," 3 Nov. 1774, Bristol, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech at the Conclusion of the Poll at Bristol (3 November 1774)." Reflections on the Revolution in France and Other Writings. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Taking action Observation Jumping in The human condition

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 2, ch. 20, sect. 8.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 20, sect. 8.

America seeks no earthly empire built on blood and force. No ambition, no temptation, lures her to thought of foreign dominions.

Calvin Coolidge

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge

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Topic

American imperialism America and the world

Speaker

Calvin Coolidge

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1925, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

As in religion, so in politics, it is faith, and not despondency, that overcomes mountains and scales the heavens.

William Seward

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles Faith Courage

Author

William Seward

Source

Speech on Election Eve, 1863

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Seward, William. Speech on election eve. c. 1863, Washington, DC, USA.

I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning.

Donald Trump

On treating Covid-19 with cleaning products.

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Topic

Covid-19

Speaker

Donald Trump

Language

English

Time

2020 2020s 21st century

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Citation

Trump, Donald. Remarks at White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing. 23 Apr. 2020, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all its combinations of skill and force, can do in his favor.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Topic

Freedom Human rights Political theory Politics

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Looking back to it as a sacred instrument carefully and not easily framed; remembering that it was throughout a work of concession and compromise; viewing it as limited to national objects; regarding it as leaving to the people and the States all power not explicitly parted with, I shall endeavor to preserve, protect, and defend it by anxiously referring to its provision for direction in every action.

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren

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Topic

US Constitution

Speaker

Martin Van Buren

Source

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Van Buren, Martin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1837, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Passions are likened best to floods and streams:
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Topic

Passion

Author

Sir Walter Raleigh

Source

The Silent Lover

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1618 1610s 17th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Raleigh, Walter. Sir Walter Raleigh to the Queen. London, 1655, I. 1.

Current Citation

Raleigh, Walter. "Sir Walter Raleigh to the Queen." The New Oxford Book of Sixteenth-Century Verse. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 1.

But true Love is a durable fire,
In the mind ever burning;
Never sick, never old, never dead,
From itself never turning.

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Topic

True love Love

Author

Sir Walter Raleigh

Source

Walsinghame

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Raleigh, Walter. Walsinghame. London, c. 1580, I. 41.

Current Citation

Raleigh, Walter. "As You Came from the Holy Land." The New Oxford Book of Sixteenth-Century Verse. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 41.

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.

Henry Kissinger

Reflections on Containment

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Topic

Morality in foreign policy Foreign policy International politics

Author

Henry Kissinger

Source

Reflections on Containment Foreign Affairs

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kissinger, Henry. "Reflections on Containment." Foreign Affairs, June 1994.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.

Richard Nixon

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Topic

Watergate Political scandals American politics Politics

Speaker

Richard Nixon

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Lies

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nixon, Richard. Associated Press Managing Editors Annual Conference. 17 Nov. 1973, Disney's Contemporary Resort, Orlando, FL. Q and A Session.

It was the remark of a Roman consul in an early period of that celebrated Republic that a most striking contrast was observable in the conduct of candidates for offices of power and trust before and after obtaining them, they seldom carrying out in the latter case the pledges and promises made in the former.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Topic

Campaign promises Politics

Speaker

William Henry Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affection. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country and to mankind.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Topic

Political theory

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Restraint Self-control

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Letters of Edmund Burke

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Letter to a Member of the National Assembly. London: J. Dodsley, 1791.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. Letter to a Member of the National Assembly." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

James Madison

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Topic

Threats to freedom Freedom Political theory

Speaker

James Madison

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Madison, James. "General Defense of the Constitution." Virginia Ratifying Convention. 5 June 1788, Richmond, VA, USA.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention in Defense of the Constitution, June 6, 1788." James Madison: Writings. Library of America, 1999.

If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution- it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.

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Topic

Constitutional theory

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank. 23 Feb. 1791.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National, February 23, 1791." Alexander Hamilton: Writings, edited by Joanne B. Freeman. Library of America, 2001.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Law

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

A Tract on the Popery Laws

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1760 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. A Tract on the Popery Laws. c. 1760, ch. 3, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Tract on the Popery Laws." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, ch. 3, pt. 1.

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

Kwame Nkrumah

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Topic

Self-determination Anti-colonialism

Author

Kwame Nkrumah

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Nkrumah, Kwame. Axioms of Kwame Nkrumah. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1967.