In your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride—the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire.

Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Soviet Union

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "Evil Empire." Annual convention of National Association of Evangelicals. 8 Mar. 1983, Orlando, FL, USA.

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Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

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Political speech
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Time
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The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.

Václav Havel

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Modern life

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Václav Havel
Medium
Letter
Language
Czech
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Havel, Vaclav. Letter to Olga Havlova. 5 Oct. 1981.

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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Abraham Lincoln

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Voting Political theory
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Abraham Lincoln
Source
Lost Speech
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
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Time
1856 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
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Lincoln, Abraham. "Lost Speech." Anti-Nebraska Bloomington Convention, First Republican State Convention of Illinois. 29 May 1856, Major's Hall, Bloomington, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Bloomington, Illinois, May 29, 1856." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.