There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

Graham Greene

The Power and the Glory

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Topic

Growing up Childhood

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Power and the Glory

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Greene, Graham. The Power and the Glory. William Heineman, 1940, pt. 1, ch. 1.

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The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.

Hugo Black

Everson v. Board of Education

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Topic
Establishment Clause First Amendment Bill of Rights Constitutional law

Author

Hugo Black
Source
Everson v. Board of Education
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1947 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Black, Hugo. United States, Supreme Court. Everson v. Board of Education. United States Reports, vol. 330, 10 Feb. 1947, pp. 1-74. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/330/1/.

Another quote from 1940

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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Topic
World War II British empire
Speaker
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.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Topic
Revolution French Revolution

Author

Edmund Burke
Source
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.