Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

Pierre Trudeau

On relations between Canada and the US.

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America and Canada America

Speaker

Pierre Trudeau

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

Canada

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Citation

Trudeau, Pierre. Speech at National Press Club. National Press Club meeting. 25 Mar. 1969, Washington, DC, USA.

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I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita…"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Topic
Nuclear weapons
Speaker
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Source
The Decison to Drop the Bomb
Medium
Film
Genre
Documentary (film)
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Oppenheimer, J. Robert. Quoted in NBC White Paper: The Decision to Drop the Bomb. Narrated by Chet Huntley, directed by Fred Freed and Len Giovannitti, written by Fred Freed, 5 Jan. 1965, NBC.

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The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.

Thomas Paine

Common Sense

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America

Author

Thomas Paine
Source
Common Sense
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1776 1770s 18th century
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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas [published anonymously]. Common Sense. Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "Common Sense." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009, introduction.