Well, sir, there are other means of persuasion besides killing and threatening to kill.

The Maltese Falcon

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Topic

Persuasion

Speaker

Kasper Gutman

Actor

Sydney Greenstreet

Source

The Maltese Falcon

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Maltese Falcon. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros., 1941.

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Another quote from the 1940s

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Blood of Others

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Topic
Liberation

Author

Simone de Beauvoir
Source
The Blood of Others
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Wish
Language
French
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Sang des autres [The Blood of Others]. Gallimard, 1945, ch. 5.

Another quote from 1941

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Winston Churchill

Speech at Harrow School, October 29, 1941

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Topic
Never giving up Persistence
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
Speech at Harrow School, October 29, 1941
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Never Give In." 29 Oct. 1941, Harrow School, Harrow, England, UK. Speech.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "'Never give in!', 29 October 1941, Harrow School." Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches. A&C Black, 2013.