These times have the rare good fortune that you may think what you like and say what you think.

Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet.

Tacitus

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression

Author

Tacitus

Source

Histories (Tacitus)

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Latin

Time

110 BC 110s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Tacitus. Historiae [Histories]. Venice, c. 110, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Tacitus. The Histories, translated by W. H. Fyfe. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Era
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Original Citation

Aristotle. Rhetoric. 322 BC, bk. 2, pt. 16, sect. 3.

Current Citation

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The traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face.

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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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