There are no atheists in the fox holes.

William Thomas Cummings

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Topic

Facing death God and war War

Speaker

William Thomas Cummings

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Clergyman

From

United States

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Citation

Cummings, William Thomas. Quoted in I Saw the Fall of the Philippines, by Carlos P. Romulo. Doubleday, 1943, ch. 15.

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Prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Pinocchio. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, Walt Disney Productions, 1940.

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Laws are silent in time of war.

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Pro Milone

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Topic
Rule of law Law Legal theory Political theory War
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Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
Latin
Time
52 BC 50s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 11.

Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [For Milo], translated by D. H. Berry. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 11.

Another quote from 1943

The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials, and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.

Robert H. Jackson

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

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Topic
Bill of Rights Constitutional theory

Author

Robert H. Jackson
Source
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Jackson, Robert H. United States, Supreme Court. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. United States Reports, vol. 319, 14 June 1943, pp. 624-671. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/319/624/.