Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

John Adams

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Facts

Speaker

John Adams

Medium

Speech

Genre

Courtroom speech

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

Occupation

Founding Father American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Adams, John. Spoken at the argument in defense of the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials. Boston Massacre Trials. 4 Dec. 1770, Queen Street courtroom, Boston, MA, USA.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to Hezekiah Niles. 13 Feb. 1818.

Current Citation

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If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere!"

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Nature of man

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
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Medium
Novel
Genre
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Language
German
Time
1774 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers [The Sorrows of Young Werther]. Leipzig: Weygand'sche Buchhandlung, 1774.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "The Sorrows of Young Werther." The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings, translated by Catherin Hutter. Signet, 2013.