Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression Freedom

Speaker

Jefferson Smith

Actor

Jimmy Stewart

Source

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Medium

Film

Genre

Political (film) Comedy drama (film) Political Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Directed by Frank Capra, Columbia Pictures, 1939.

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Another quote from the 1930s

Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Comparing oneself to others Beauty
Speaker
Evil Queen
Actor
Lucille La Verne
Source
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Medium
Film
Genre
Animation (film) Fantasy (film) Animation Fantasy
Language
English
Time
1937 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Directed by David Hand, Walt Disney Productions, 1937.

Another quote about Freedom

The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression, even though that cost be blood.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Topic
Freedom Oppression Political theory

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois
Language
English
Time
1909 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. John Brown. George W. Jacobs and Company, 1909, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. John Brown. Routledge, 2015, ch. 13.

Another quote from 1939

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest...of his head.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic
Politics
Speaker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Radio address to the New York Herald Tribune Forum. 26 Oct. 1939, Washington, DC, USA.