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The enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are we to save the millions of our subjects, or to atone ourselves before the hallowed spirits of our imperial ancestors?... It is according to the dictate of time and fate that we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unavoidable and suffering what is insufferable.

Emperor Hirohito

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Topic

Nuclear weapons World War II

Speaker

Emperor Hirohito

Medium

Radio broadcast Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

Japanese

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Emperor Hirohito. The Jewel Voice. 15 Aug. 1945, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. Broadcast.

There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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Topic

Infidelity Marriage

Speaker

Diana, Princess of Wales

Source

Panorama

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Princess Diana. "An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales." Panorama. Interviewed by Martin Bashir. BBC1 TV, 20 Nov. 1995.

God is always with the strongest battalions.

Frederick the Great

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Topic

God's favor

Author

Frederick the Great

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1760 1760s 18th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Frederick the Great. Letter to the Duchess Luise Dorothea von Gotha. 8 May 1760.

I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being Queen of this country.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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Topic

England British monarchy

Speaker

Diana, Princess of Wales

Source

Panorama

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Princess Diana. "An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales." Panorama. Interviewed by Martin Bashir. BBC1 TV, 20 Nov. 1995.

The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.

Emperor Hirohito

Part of Emperor Hirohito's broadcast announcing Japan's surrender after the atom bomb had destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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Topic

The atom bomb Nuclear weapons World War II

Speaker

Emperor Hirohito

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Understatement

Language

Japanese

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Emperor Hirohito. The Jewel Voice. 15 Aug. 1945, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. Broadcast.

You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.

King Charles III

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Topic

Modern architecture Architecture

Speaker

King Charles III

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

King Charles. Speech at the Mansion House. London Planning and Communication Committee's Annual Dinner. 1 Dec. 1987, Mansion House, London, England, UK.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great Imperial family to which we all belong.

Elizabeth II

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Topic

British empire

Speaker

Elizabeth II

Medium

Radio broadcast Speech

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Elizabeth II. Speech on her twenty-first birthday. 21 Apr. 1947, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa. Radio broadcast.

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.

Edward VIII

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Topic

America

Speaker

Edward VIII

Source

Look Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Edward VIII. "Edward VIII, Afterwards Duke of Windsor." Look Magazine, 5 Mar. 1957.

I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king.

Elizabeth I

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Topic

Inner strength Girl power

Author

Elizabeth I

Source

Tilbury Speech

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1588 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Queen Elizabeth I. Speech to her troops in the Spanish Armada. 9 Aug. 1588, Tilbury, England, UK.

Current Citation

Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth I: Collected Works. University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Drive out prejudices through the door, and they will return through the window.

Frederick the Great

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Topic

Prejudice and bias Human nature

Author

Frederick the Great

Source

Letters of Frederick the Great

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1771 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Frederick the Great. Letter to Voltaire. 19 Mar. 1771.

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of Women's Rights with all its attendant horrors on which her poor, feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feeling and propriety.

Queen Victoria

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Topic

Women's rights

Author

Queen Victoria

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1870 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Queen Victoria. Letter to Theodore Martin. 29 May 1870.

Current Citation

Queen Victoria. Quoted in The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928, written by Elizabeth Crawford. Routledge, 2003.

Better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait till it begins to abolish itself from below.

Czar Alexander II of Russia

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Topic

Serfdom Revolution Political theory Politics

Speaker

Czar Alexander II of Russia

Medium

Speech

Language

Russian

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Czar Alexander II of Russia. Speech to Moscow Nobility. 30 Mar. 1856, Moscow, Russia.

Current Citation

Czar Alexander II of Russia. Quoted in A Concise History of Russia, written by Ronald Hingley. Thames & Hudson, 1991.

I for one believe that there are lessons to be drawn from her life and from the extraordinary and moving reaction to her death.

Elizabeth II

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Topic

Princess Diana

Speaker

Elizabeth II

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Elizabeth II. Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. 5 Sept. 1997, Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK. Broadcast.

A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.

James VI and I

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Topic

Smoking

Author

James VI and I

Source

A Counterblaste to Tobacco

Medium

Treatise

Language

English

Time

1604 1600s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

James VI, King and James I, King. A Counterblast to Tobacco. London: Robert Barker, 1604.

The works of art, by being publicly exhibited and offered for sale, are becoming articles of trade, following as such the unreasoning laws of markets and fashion; and public and even private patronage is swayed by their tyrannical influence.

Albert, Prince Consort

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Topic

Art and money Art market Art

Speaker

Albert, Prince Consort

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Prince Albert, Consort. "At the Dinner of the Royal Academy." 3 May 1851, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, UK.

I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.

George V

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Topic

Anti-war War

Speaker

George V

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

George V. Speech in France. 13 May 1922, Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France.

It is the Russians' joy to drink; we cannot do without it.

Vladimir the Great

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Topic

Russia Drinking alcohol

Speaker

Vladimir the Great

Language

Old East Slavic

Time

1113 1110s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Vladimir the Great. Quoted in The Primary Chronicle, written by Nestor. c. 1113, annal for the year 987.

Current Citation

Vladimir the Great. Quoted in The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text, written by Nestor, translated by Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor. Medieval Academy of America, 2012, annal for the year 987.

I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.

James I

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Topic

Governing Politics

Speaker

James I

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1621 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Citation

James I. Speech to Parliament. Dec. 1621, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.