Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Topic

World War II

Speaker

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Campaign address. 30 Oct. 1940, Boston, MA, USA.

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Another quote by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Topic
Pearl Harbor World War II
Speaker
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. "Day of Infamy." US Congress meeting. 8 Dec. 1941, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote from the 1940s

The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

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Topic
Truth hurts Truth Willful ignorance Freedom

Author

Herbert Agar
Source
A Time for Greatness
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Agar, Herbert. A Time for Greatness. Little, Brown and Company, 1942.

Another quote about World War II

France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.

Charles de Gaulle

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Topic
French Resistance World War II
Speaker
Charles de Gaulle
Source
To All French
Medium
Poster
Language
French
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. A Tous Le Francais [To All Frenchmen]. 3 Aug. 1940.

Another quote from 1940

A lie keeps growing and growing, until it's as plain as the nose on your face.

Pinocchio

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Topic
Lies
Speaker
The Blue Fairy
Actor
Evelyn Venable
Source
Pinocchio
Medium
Film
Genre
Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Pinocchio. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, Walt Disney Productions, 1940.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

Every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

On Conciliation with America

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Topic
Compromise
Speaker
Edmund Burke
Source
On Conciliation with America
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1775 1770s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with America." House of Commons. 22 Mar. 1775, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.