I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

Lillian Hellman

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Topic

Political winds Personal integrity Conscience Politics

Author

Lillian Hellman

Source

Letters of Lillian Hellman

Medium

Open letter Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Activist Playwright Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Hellman, Lillian. Letter to HUAC. 19 May 1952.

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The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Topic
Living inauthentically

Author

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Source
Gift from the Sea
Language
English
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow. Gift from the Sea. Pantheon Books, 1955, ch. 2.

Another quote about Politics

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 of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic
The mind Education Learning

Author

Plutarch
Source
Of Listening Moralia
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plutarch. "Περὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν [On Hearing]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "On Listening." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.