They will endure. They are better than we are. Stronger than we are. Their vices are vices aped from white men or that white men and bondage have taught them: improvidence and intemperance and evasion-not laziness: evasion: of what white men had set them to, not for their aggrandizement or even comfort but his own.

William Faulkner

Faulkner on black Americans.

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Topic

Black resilience Race relations

Author

William Faulkner

Source

The Bear

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Faulkner, William. "The Bear." Go Down, Moses. Random House, 1942, pt. 4.

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Topic
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Source
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Medium
Speech
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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Another quote from 1942

We'll always have Paris.

Rick Blaine

Casablanca

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Speaker
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Actor
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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