It is easier to make war than to make peace.

Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que la paix.

Georges Clemenceau

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Topic

War and peace War Peace

Speaker

Georges Clemenceau

Source

Speech on Peace

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

French

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Clemenceau, Georges. "Discours de Paix [Speech on Peace]." 20 July 1919, Verdun, France.

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Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.

Rupert Brooke

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Topic
Experiencing nature

Author

Rupert Brooke
Source
The Hill
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." Collected Poems. John Lane, 1916, I. 1.

Current Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." The Poems of Rupert Brooke. Dover Publications, 2020, I. 1.

Another quote about War

There are no warlike peoples-just warlike leaders.

Ralph J. Bunche

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Topic
War
Speaker
Ralph J. Bunche
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1950 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bunche, Ralph J. Address to United Nations. c. 1971, New York City, NY, USA.

Another quote from 1919

Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Rosa Luxemburg

The Russian Revolution

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Topic
Minority rights Freedom

Author

Rosa Luxemburg
Source
The Russian Revolution
Genre
Political literature Historical literature
Language
German
Time
1919 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Russian Revolution." The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism? Trans. Bertram Wolfe. University of Michigan Press, 1961, ch. 6. Originally, Die russische Revolution [The Russian Revolution]. Paul Levi, 1922, ch. 6.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

Parties must ever exist in a free country.

On Conciliation with America

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Topic
Political parties Partisan politics Politics Democracy
Speaker
Edmund Burke
Source
On Conciliation with America
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1775 1770s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with America." House of Commons. 22 Mar. 1775, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Another quote originally in French

France cannot be France without greatness.

Charles de Gaulle

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Topic
France

Author

Charles de Gaulle
Source
L'Appel
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. "L'Appel, 1940-1942." Mémoires de Guerre [War Memories]. c. 1954, ch. 1.

Current Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. The Complete War Memoirs of Charles De Gaulle. Carroll & Graf Pub, 1998, vol. 1, ch. 1.