You risk your skin catchin' killers and the juries turn 'em loose so they can come back and shoot at ya again. If you're honest, you're poor your whole life, and in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothin'. For a tin star.

High Noon

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Topic

Police Law enforcement

Speaker

Martin Howe

Actor

Lon Chaney Jr.

Source

High Noon

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

High Noon. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Stanley Kramer Productions, 1952.

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Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

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Topic
Conscience

Author

Karl Barth
Language
German
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Barth, Karl. "The Righteousness of God." Das Wort Gottes und die Theologie [The Word of God and Theology]. Mchn., Kaiser, 1924. Originally a lecture called "The Righteousness of God" delivered 16 Jan. 1916 in City Church, Aarau, Switzerland.