The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody.

Mother Teresa

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Topic

Isolation Loneliness

Speaker

Mother Teresa

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Catholic nun Nun Christian

From

North Macedonia Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mother Teresa. Quoted in Do Something Beautiful for God, written by Malcolm Muggeridge. Harper Collins, 1971.

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Howard H. Baker, Jr.

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Topic
Watergate
Speaker
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Baker, Howard, Jr. Spoken at Senate Watergate Committee hearings. Senate Watergate Committee hearings. 25 June 1973, United States Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.