I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.

George V

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Anti-war War

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George V

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Royalty

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

George V. Speech in France. 13 May 1922, Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France.

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What is Love?... It is the morning and the evening star.

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Elmer Gantry
Medium
Novel
Genre
Satire
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English
Time
1927 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1927, ch. 20.

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I doubt whether any of these people, with their academic or dogmatic hatred of war, detest it as much as I do. They probably have not seen the bodies rotting on the ground and smelled the stench of decaying human flesh...What separates me from the pacifists is that I hate the Nazis more than I hate war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Pacifism and nonviolence War

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Letter to Arthur Eisenhower. 2 July. 1943.

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Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

Winston Churchill

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World War II British empire
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Winston Churchill
Source
Their Finest Hour
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Their Finest Hour." House of Commons meeting. 18 June 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Alone: Their Finest Hour." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.