Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not and shall not die.

Quoi qu'il arrive, la Flamme de la résistance française ne doit pas s'éteindre et ne s'éteindra pas.

Charles de Gaulle

Appeal of 18 June

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Topic

French Resistance World War II

Speaker

Charles de Gaulle

Source

Appeal of 18 June

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

French

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician Military officer

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. L'Appel du 18 juin [The Appeal of 18 June]. BBC, 18 June 1940.

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Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

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Karen Horney
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This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

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Winston Churchill
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Language
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Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Churchill, Winston. Speech at the Mansion House. Lord Mayor's Luncheon. 10 Nov. 1942, Mansion House, London, England, UK.

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If we assume that the last breath of, say, Julius Caesar, has by now become thoroughly scattered through the atmosphere, then the chances are that each of us inhales one molecule of it with every breath we take.

James Jeans

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James Jeans
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An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Jeans, James. An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases. Cambridge University Press, 1940, ch. 2.

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Old religious factions are volcanoes burnt out.

Edmund Burke

Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians, May 11, 1792

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Edmund Burke
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Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians, May 11, 1792
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Speech
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Political speech
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English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
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Burke, Edmund. Address on Petition of the Unitarians. House of Commons. 11 May 1792, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on the Petition of the Unitarian Society." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin Classics, 1999.

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Seeing is forgetting the name of the things one sees.

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Paul Valéry
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French
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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