From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

Winston Churchill

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Topic

Cold War Soviet Union

Speaker

Winston Churchill

Source

Sinews of Peace

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Sinews of Peace." 5 Mar. 1946, Westminster College, Fulton, MO, USA. Speech.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Soviet Danger: The Iron Curtain." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Winston Churchill

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Source
The First Month of War
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
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Churchill, Winston. "The First Month of War." 1 Oct. 1939, Broadcasting House, London, UK. Radio Broadcast.

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There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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Albert Camus
Source
The Myth of Sisyphus
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.

Another quote from 1946

There's no business like show business.

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Ethel Merman

Author

Irving Berlin
Source
There's No Business Like Show Business
Medium
Song
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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The ground which a colored man occupies in this country is, every inch of it, sternly disputed.

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Frederick Douglass
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1853 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
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Douglass, Frederick. Speech in New York City. American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society annual meeting. 11 May 1853, New York City, NY, USA.

Current Citation

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All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.

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Language
Greek
Time
65 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 1:24).