Give brief orders; speeches that are too long are likely to be forgotten.

Abu Bakr

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Topic

Brevity Battle War

Speaker

Abu Bakr

Source

Sayings of Abu Bakir

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Arabic

Time

634 630s 7th century

Occupation

Caliph Muslim

From

Saudi Arabia Middle East

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Bakr, Abu. Quoted in "Sayings of Abu Bakir." Examining Religions: Islam, written by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood. Heinemann Educational, 2008.

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There are no atheists in the fox holes.

William Thomas Cummings

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Topic
Facing death God and war War
Speaker
William Thomas Cummings
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Cummings, William Thomas. Quoted in I Saw the Fall of the Philippines, by Carlos P. Romulo. Doubleday, 1943, ch. 15.

Another quote originally in Arabic

To kill Americans and their allies, both civil and military, is an individual duty of every Muslim who can, in any country where this is possible, until the Aqsa mosque and the Haram mosque are freed from their grip, and until their armies, shattered and broken-winged, depart from all the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any of the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any Muslim.

Osama bin Laden

Statement of the World Islamic Front

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Topic
Islamic extremism

Author

Osama bin Laden
Language
Arabic
Time
1998 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Bin Laden, Osama. "World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders: Initial "Fatwa" Statement." Al Quds Al Arabi, 23 Feb. 1998.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

James 4:8

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Topic
Closeness to God
Source
James The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Greek
Time
49 40s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (James 4:8).