This is a beautiful country.

John Brown

John Brown's last words before his execution.

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Topic

America

Speaker

John Brown

Statement Type

Last words

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Abolitionist Activist

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Brown, John. Last written words. 2 Dec. 1859.

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Another quote from the 1850s

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"

John Greenleaf Whittier

Maud Muller

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Topic
The road not taken Regrets

Author

John Greenleaf Whittier
Source
Maud Muller
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1856 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wittier, John Greenleaf. "Maud Muller." The Panorama and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856, st. 53.

Current Citation

Wittier, John Greenleaf. "Maud Muller." John Greenleaf Whittier: Selected Poems. Library of America, 2004.

Another quote about America

I like to be in America!
Ok by me in America!
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America!

Stephen Sondheim

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Topic
America
Speaker
Anita

Author

Stephen Sondheim
Source
America West Side Story
Medium
Song Musical
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Sondheim, Stephen. "America." West Side Story. Composed by Leonard Bernstein. 26 Sept. 1957, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.

Another quote from 1859

I hold that if the Almighty had ever made a set of men that should do all the eating and none of the work, he would have made them with mouths only and no hands, and if he had ever made another class that he intended should do all the work and none of the eating, he would have made them without mouths and with all hands.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic
Equality
Speaker
Abraham Lincoln
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1859 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio. 17 Sept. 1859, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.