My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

12 Years a Slave

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Slavery

Speaker

Solomon Northup

Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Source

12 Years a Slave

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

12 Years a Slave. Directed by Steve McQueen, Plan B Entertainment/Regency Enterprises/ Film4 Productions/River Road Entertainment/Regency Enterprises, 2013.

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I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic
Slavery Death

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 489-491.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 11, l. 489-491.

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Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know; that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it!

Col. Nathan R. Jessep

A Few Good Men

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Defending freedom Dangerous world
Speaker
Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Actor
Jack Nicholson
Source
A Few Good Men
Medium
Film
Genre
Courtroom drama (film) Drama (film) Courtroom drama Drama
Language
English
Time
1992 1990s 20th century
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Citation

A Few Good Men. Directed by Rob Reiner, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.