Well, they're saved from the blessings of civilization.

Stagecoach

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Topic

Civilization

Speaker

Doc Josiah Boone

Actor

Thomas Mitchell

Source

Stagecoach

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Stagecoach. Directed by John Ford, Walter Wanger Productions, 1939.

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There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic
Citizen and state American politics
Speaker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Speech accepting renomination as president. Democratic National Convention. 27 June 1936, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Another quote from 1939

They lived und laughed ant loved end left.

James Joyce

Finnegans Wake

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Topic
Looking back Life
Speaker
Jute

Author

James Joyce
Source
Finnegans Wake
Medium
Novel
Genre
Modernist literature
Statement Type
Epitaph
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Faber and Faber, 1939.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Wordsworth, 2012.

Another quote of the following type Irony

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.