America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration.

Warren G. Harding

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American politics America

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Warren G. Harding

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Harding, Warren G. "Readjustment." Home Market Club meeting. 14 May 1920, Boston, MA, USA.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 9.

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Abraham Lincoln
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First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address
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Language
English
Time
1861 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

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Are you lost daddy I asked tenderly.
Shut up he explained.

Ring Lardner

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Parents and children

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Ring Lardner
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
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Lardner, Ring. "The Young Immigrunts." Ring Lardner: Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 1997. Originally published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920, ch. 10.

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We have listened to the wisdom in an old Russian maxim. And I'm sure you're familiar with it, Mr. General Secretary…The maxim is…trust, but verify.

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Ronald Reagan
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. Remarks at the Signing of the INF Treaty with Soviet Premier Gorbachev. 8 Dec. 1987, Washington, DC, USA.