You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it.

Easy Rider

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Topic

American decline America

Speaker

George Hanson

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

Easy Rider

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

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We travel together, passengers on a little space ship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft. We cannot maintain it half fortunate, half miserable, half confident, half despairing, half slave-to the ancient enemies of man-half free in a liberation of resources undreamed of until this day. No craft, no crew can travel safely with such vast contradictions. On their resolution depends the survival for us all.

Adlai E. Stevenson

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Topic
Interconnectedness of all people The human condition
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Stevenson, Adlai. Speech in Switzerland. Economic and Social Council of United Nations meeting. 9 July 1965, Geneva, Switzerland.

Another quote about America

Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow-red, yellow, brown, black and white-and all are precious in God's sight. America is not like a blanket, one piece of unbroken cloth-the same color, the same texture, the same size. It is more like a quilt-many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.

Jesse Jackson

Address to Democratic National Convention, 1988

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Topic
American diversity America
Speaker
Jesse Jackson
Source
Address to Democratic National Convention, 1988
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1984 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Jackson, Jesse. Address in San Francisco. Democratic National Convention. 17 July 1984, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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You come at the king, you best not miss.

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Omar Little
Actor
Michael Kenneth Williams
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The Wire
Medium
TV program
Genre
Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama
Statement Type
Warning
Language
English
Time
2002 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

"Lessons." The Wire, written by David Simon and Ed Burns, directed by Gloria Muzio, season 1, episode 8, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2002.