Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.

Wendell Willkie

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Topic

Freedom

Author

Wendell Willkie

Source

One World

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Willkie, Wendell Lewis. One World. Simon & Schuster, 1943, ch. 13.

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Another quote from the 1940s

Love may be a sleepy, creeping thing with some others, but it is a mighty wakening thing with me.

Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road

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Topic
Nature of love Power of love Love

Author

Zora Neale Hurston
Source
Dust Tracks on a Road
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1942, ch. 14.

Another quote about Freedom

If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

George Orwell

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Topic
Freedom of speech and expression Nature of freedom Freedom

Author

George Orwell
Source
Times Literary Supplement
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1950 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Orwell, George. "The Freedom of Press." Times Literary Supplement. News UK, 15 Sept. 1972.

Another quote from 1943

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.

Andre Malraux

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Topic
The human condition
Speaker
Walter

Author

Andre Malraux
Source
The Walnut Trees of Altenburg
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Malraux, Andre. Les Noyers de l'Altenburg [The Walnut Trees of Altenburg]. Gallimard, c. 1948.