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The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction... They move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche.

Samuel Houston

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American Civil War

Speaker

Samuel Houston

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Houston, Samuel. Speech warning the people of Texas against secession. 19 Apr. 1861, Unnamed hotel window, Galveston, TX, USA.

Current Citation

Houston, Samuel. Quoted in Sam Houston, written by James L. Haley. University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.

A general association of nations must be formed... For the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic

International politics

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "The Fourteen Points." Congress meeting. 8 Jan. 1918, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA. Address.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "The Fourteen Points." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. NYU Press, 2006.

We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy, to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Human nature Original sin Virtue Perspective

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents. London: J. Dodsley, 1770.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Thoughts on the Present Discontents." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Achilles exists only through Homer. Take away the art of writing from this world, and you will probably take away its glory.

François-Rene de Chateaubriand

Les Natchez

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Topic

Power of literature

Author

François-Rene de Chateaubriand

Source

Les Natchez

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1826 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Chateaubriand, François-René. Les Natchez. c. 1826, preface.

Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it for ever.

Lord Chesterfield

Read Chesterfield's Letters to His Son at Project Gutenberg

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Topic

Forgiveness Contempt

Author

Lord Chesterfield

Source

Letters of Lord Chesterfield

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1748 1740s 18th century

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Citation

Stanhope, Philip Dormer. Letter to his son. 1 July 1748.

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. They give their whole form and color to our lives.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Manners Custom and convention

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Two Letters to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France

Medium

Open letter Letter

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Two Letters to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France. London: F. and C. Rivington, 1796, letter 1.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. Letters on a Regicide Peace." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, letter 1.

We're a nation of community, of thousands and tens of thousands of ethnic, religious, social, business, labor union, neighborhood, regional and other organizations, all of them varied, voluntary, and unique... A brillant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

George H.W. Bush

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Topic

Civil society Role of government American politics

Speaker

George H.W. Bush

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Bush, George H. W. Acceptance address at the Republican National Convention. Republican National Convention. 18 Aug. 1988, New Orleans, LA, USA.

We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked.

Dean Rusk

On the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 24th, 1962.

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Topic

Cuban Missile Crisis Nuclear weapons Brinkmanship Cold War

Author

Dean Rusk

Source

Saturday Evening Post

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Rusk, Dean. Quoted in "In Time of Crisis." Written by Stewart Alsop and Charles Bartlett. The Saturday Evening Post, 8 Dec. 1962. Originally spoken during a private conversation with McGeorge Bundy. ExComm meeting. 14 Oct. 1962, Cabinet Room, West Wing, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.

Neville Chamberlain

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Topic

Victory in war War

Speaker

Neville Chamberlain

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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I brought myself down. I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I'd had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

Richard Nixon

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Topic

Watergate Political scandals American politics

Speaker

Richard Nixon

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Nixon, Richard. "Nixon Interviews." Interviewed by David Frost. ABC, 4 May 1977, pt. 1.

I believe that history will record that we have made a great mistake.

Wayne Lyman Morse

Said in the Senate debate on the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which committed the United States to intervention in Vietnam. Morse was the only Senator to vote against the resolution.

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Topic

Preemptive war Vietnam War

Speaker

Wayne Lyman Morse

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Morse, Wayne Lyman. "Senate Debate on the Tonkin Gulf Resolution." US Senate meeting. 7 Aug. 1964, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Freedom of thought and the right of private judgment, in matters of conscience, driven from every other corner of the earth, direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum.

Samuel Adams

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Topic

America Freedom of thought

Author

Samuel Adams

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Adams, Samuel. "American Independence." 1 Aug. 1776, State House, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Speech.

Affirmative action really isn't about preferential treatment for blacks, but about removing preferential treatment whites have received through history.

Julian Bond

Speech at 89th NAACP Annual Convention, July 12, 1998

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Topic

Affirmative action

Speaker

Julian Bond

Source

Speech at 89th NAACP Annual Convention, July 12, 1998

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bond, Julian. Speech at the NAACP annual convention. 89th NAACP Annual Convention. 12 July 1998, Atlanta, GA, USA.

You have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the "falling domino" principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Topic

Domino theory Cold War International politics Politics

Speaker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Speech on domino theory. News conference. 7 Apr. 1954, Washington, DC, USA.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

John Major

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Topic

Judging others Political theory

Speaker

John Major

Source

Mail on Sunday

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Major, John. Interview. The Mail, 21 Feb. 1993.

History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen.

Enoch Powell

Quoted in The Times of London

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Topic

War

Speaker

Enoch Powell

Source

The Times of London

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Powell, Enoch. Speech at the Conservative Party Conference. 19 Oct. 1967, UK.

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.

Leon Trotsky

Read What Next? at marxists.org

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Topic

Carrots and sticks Political power Politics

Author

Leon Trotsky

Source

What Next?

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

Russian

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trotsky, Leon. What Next? Vital Questions for the German Proletariat. Pioneer Publishers, 1932, ch. 14.

The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Custom and convention Law

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Two Letters to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France

Medium

Open letter Letter

Language

English

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Two Letters to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France. London: F. and C. Rivington, 1796, letter 1.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. Letters on a Regicide Peace." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, letter 1.

There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity, — the Law of Nature and of Nations.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Natural law Law Moral universalism Moral theory Morality

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Speech in General Reply; First Day: Wednesday May 28, 1794.

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech in General Reply; First Day: Wednesday, May 28, 1794." Speeches in the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esquire. 28 May 1794, Westminster Hall, Westminster, London, UK.

How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!

Charles James Fox

On the fall of the Bastille.

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Topic

French Revolution Revolution

Author

Charles James Fox

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fox, Charles James. Letter to Richard Fitzpatrick. 30 July 1789.