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As you know, you go to war with the army you have. They're not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Topic

Iraq War War

Speaker

Donald Rumsfeld

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Rumsfeld, Donald. Remark about the lack of equipment in Iraq. 8 Dec. 2004, Kuwait.

Current Citation

Rumsfeld, Donald. Quoted in Accountability for Killing: Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage in America's Post-9/11 Wars, written by Neta C. Crawford. Oxford University Press, 2013.

People of Western Europe: A landing was made this morning on the coast of France by troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force. This landing is part of the concerted United Nations plan for the liberation of Europe, made in conjuction with our great Russian allies... I call upon all who love freedom to stand with us. Keep your faith staunch-our arms are resolute-together we shall achieve victory.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Topic

D-Day Invasion World War II

Speaker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Medium

Radio broadcast

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Broadcast on D-Day. 6 June 1944, Broadcast Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Radio broadcast.

I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this. But I do say, that in all disputes between them and their rulers, the presumption is at least upon a par in favour of the people.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Political theory Politics

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.

The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is being treated either as Madonnas or Mary Magdalenes.

Shirley Williams

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Topic

Catholic church Patriarchy Women

Author

Shirley Williams

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Williams, Shirley. Quoted in the Observer. 22 Mar. 1981.

In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.

Lord Chesterfield

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Topic

Moral contagion Scandal

Author

Lord Chesterfield

Source

Letters of Lord Chesterfield

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1748 1740s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Stanhope, Philip Dormer. Letter to his son. 19 Oct. 1748.

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

François-Rene de Chateaubriand

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Topic

Originality Writers

Author

François-Rene de Chateaubriand

Source

The Genius of Christianity

Genre

Religious literature

Language

French

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Chateaubriand, Francois Rene. Genie du christianisme [The Genius of Christianity]. Paris: Chez Migneret, 1802, pt. 2, bk. 1, ch. 3.

That great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.

John Viscount Morley

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Topic

How to live The human condition

Speaker

John Viscount Morley

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Morley, John. "Aphorisms." 11 Nov. 1887, The Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh, Scotland. Address.

We hear war called murder. It is not: it is suicide.

Ramsay MacDonald

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Topic

Nature of war War

Author

Ramsay MacDonald

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

MacDonald, Ramsay. Observer. 4 May 1930.

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.

Lloyd Bentsen

In response to Dan Quayle's claim to have "as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy had when he sought the presidency."

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Topic

American politics

Speaker

Lloyd Bentsen

Source

Vice-Presidential Debate

Medium

Political debate

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Bentsen, Lloyd. Speech in Nebraska. Vice-Presidential Debate. 5 Oct. 1988, Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, USA.

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. The results would be an Encyclopedia of Error.

Lord Acton

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Topic

Bad ideas Truth and error

Author

Lord Acton

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lord Acton. Letter to Mary Gladstone. 24 Apr. 1881.

America, our America, the America builded on the foundation laid by the inspired fathers, can be a party to no permanent military alliance. It can enter into no political commitments, nor assume any economic obligations which will subject our decisions to any other than our own authority.

Warren G. Harding

Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding

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Topic

Isolationism American foreign policy

Speaker

Warren G. Harding

Source

Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Harding, William G. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1921, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

If anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teaching of Marx, Engels and Lenin he deceives himself. Those who wait for that must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle.

Nikita Khrushchev

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Topic

Soviet Union Marxism Cold War

Speaker

Nikita Khrushchev

Language

Russian

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Khrushchev, Nikita. Quoted in New York Times. 18 Sept. 1955. Originally an impromptu speech at a dinner for visiting West German dignitaries. 17 Sept. 1955, Moscow, Russia.

We say to you today in a loud and a clear voice: enough of blood and tears. Enough.

Yitzhak Rabin

To the Palestinians, at the signing of the Israel-Palestine Declaration, on September 13, 1993.

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Topic

Israel-Palestine conflict

Speaker

Yitzhak Rabin

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Rabin, Yitzhak. Speech to the Palestinians at the Signing of the Israel-Palestine Declaration. 13 Sept. 1993, Washington, DC, USA.

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

Spiro Agnew

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Topic

Negativity American politics America

Speaker

Spiro Agnew

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Assonance

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Agnew, Spiro. Address in San Diego. California Republican Convention. 11 Sep. 1970, San Diego, CA, USA.

What is at stake is more than one small country; it is a big idea: a new world order, where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind-peace and security, freedom and the rule of law.

George H.W. Bush

1991 State of the Union Address

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Topic

Persian Gulf War American politics New world order International politics

Speaker

George H.W. Bush

Source

1991 State of the Union Address Presidential State of the Union addresses

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bush, George H. W. State of the Union Address. Joint session of the United States Congress. 29 Jan. 1991, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It is necessary to keep the former experiences of our country both at home and abroad continually before us, if we are to have any science of government. If we wish to erect new structures, we must have a definite knowledge of the old foundations. We must realize that human nature is about the most constant thing in the universe and that the essentials of human relationship do not change. We must frequently take our bearings from these fixed stars of our political firmament if we expect to hold a true course. If we examine carefully what we have done, we can determine the more accurately what we can do.

Calvin Coolidge

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge

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Topic

Wisdom of the past Learning from the past Immutability of human nature Human nature

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

Authentication Score 2

Citation

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

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

Henry Clay

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Topic

Citizen and state Government Political theory

Speaker

Henry Clay

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1829 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Clay, Henry. Speech in Kentucky. Public dinner. 16 May 1829, Fowler's Garden, Lexington, KY, USA.

If they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

Adlai Stevenson

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Topic

Democrats and Republicans American politics

Speaker

Adlai Stevenson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Stevenson, Adlai. Campaign statement. 10 Sept. 1952, Fresno, CA, USA.

O eloquent, just, and mighty Death!... Thou hast drawn together all the farstretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hic jacet (here lies).

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Topic

Death as equalizer Death

Author

Sir Walter Raleigh

Source

The History of the World

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1614 1610s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Raleigh, Walter. The Historie of the VVorld / In Five Bookes. London: Ben Jonson, 1614, bk. 5, ch. 6.

We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times; we've had difficult times in the past; we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; it is not the end of disorder. But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land.

Robert F. Kennedy

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Topic

Race relations Political progress

Speaker

Robert F. Kennedy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kennedy, Robert F. Remarks on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4 Apr. 1968, Indianapolis, IN, USA.