Let us be frank about it: most of our people have never had it so good.

Harold Macmillan

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Topic

Prosperity Progress

Speaker

Harold Macmillan

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Macmillan, Harold. Speech in England. 20 July 1957, Bedford, England, UK.

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Time
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
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Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Language
German
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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