Poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Poverty

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Address to Conference of International Labor Organization. Conference of International Labor Organization. 17 May 1944, Washington, DC, USA.

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Another quote from the 1940s

I can't prove you are a Communist. But when I see a bird that quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, has feathers and webbed feet and associates with ducks-I'm certainly going to assume that he is a duck.

Emil Mazey

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Topic
Communism
Speaker
Emil Mazey
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mazey, Emil. Spoken at labor meeting of the United Automobile Workers. Labor meeting. 1946, Detroit, MI, USA.

Another quote about Poverty

Please, sir, I want some more.

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist

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Topic
Soup Poverty Charity
Speaker
Oliver Twist

Author

Charles Dickens
Source
Oliver Twist
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1837 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress." Bentley's Miscellany. London: Richard Bentley, Feb. 1837, issue 1, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Penguin, 2003, ch. 2.

Another quote from 1944

Hell is other people.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Topic
Hell Misanthropy
Speaker
Garcin

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre
Source
No Exit
Medium
Play
Language
French
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Huis-clos [No Exit]. May 1944, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, France, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Sarte, Jean Paul. "No Exit." No Exit and Three Other Plays. Vintage, 1989, act 1, sc. 5.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

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.