To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Topic

Standing up for what's right Courage Cowardice Protest Politics

Author

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Source

Poems of Problems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. "Protest." Poems of Problems. W. B. Conkey Company, 1914.

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Another quote from the 1910s

Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, while there is a lower class I am in it, while there is a criminal element I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

Eugene Debs

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Topic
Underdogs Outsiders and outcasts

Author

Eugene Debs
Medium
Courtroom speech Speech
Language
English
Time
1918 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Federal Court. US v. Eugene V. Debs. RG 21, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Criminal Case Files, 1912–1977, Criminal Case #4057. 9. NYT, 18 Sept. 1918.

Another quote about Courage

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Albus Dumbledore

Quoted in Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, by J.K. Rowling

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Topic
Courage Friends and enemies
Speaker
Albus Dumbledore

Author

J.K. Rowling
Source
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1997 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Bloomsbury, 1997, ch. 17.

Another quote from 1914

If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.

Rupert Brooke

The Soldier

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Topic
World War I

Author

Rupert Brooke
Source
The Soldier
Medium
Poem
Genre
War poetry
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Soldier." 1914 and Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915, I. 1.

Current Citation

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