There was no patriotism in the trenches. It was too remote a sentiment, and rejected as fit only for civilians.

Robert Graves

Goodbye to All That

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Topic

Patriotism War

Author

Robert Graves

Source

Goodbye to All That

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Graves, Robert. Good-Bye to All That. Jonathan Cape, 1929.

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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.

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Calvin Coolidge
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Speech
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Political speech
Language
English
Time
1926 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. Speech on the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 5 July 1926, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

George S. Patton

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Winning a war War

Author

George S. Patton
Medium
Speech
Genre
Military speech
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Patton, George Smith. "Mechanized Forces." Jan. 1933, Fort Myer, VA, USA. Lecture.