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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Our whole duty, for the present, at any rate, is summed up in this motto, "America first."

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic
American foreign policy Isolationism
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Woodrow Wilson
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "America First." Associated Press Luncheon. 20 Apr. 1915, New York City, NY, USA. Address.

Another quote about Politics

Politics is show business for ugly people.

Bill Miller

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Topic
Politics
Speaker
Bill Miller
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1991 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Miller, Bill. Quoted in Dallas Morning News. 13 Oct. 1991.

Another quote from 1914

Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.

Robert Frost

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Topic
Home

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Death of the Hired Man
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." North of Boston. David Nutt, 1914.

Current Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995.