1845

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Did you ever hear my definition of marriage? It is, that it resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they can not be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them.

Sydney Smith

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Marriage

Author

Sydney Smith

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Smith, Sydney. Quoted in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by Saba Holland. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, ch. 11.

While he executes the laws with an impartial hand, shrinks from no proper responsibility, and faithfully carries out in the executive department of the Government the principles and policy of those who have chosen him, he should not be unmindful that our fellow-citizens who have differed with him in opinion are entitled to the full and free exercise of their opinions and judgments, and that the rights of all are entitled to respect and regard.

James K. Polk

Inaugural Address of James K. Polk

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American Presidency Minority rights

Speaker

James K. Polk

Source

Inaugural Address of James K. Polk Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Polk, James K. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1845, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

That knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.

Sydney Smith

On Scotland.

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Scotland

Speaker

Sydney Smith

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Smith, Sydney. Quoted in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by Saba Holland. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, ch. 2.

It is a source of deep regret that in some sections of our country misguided persons have occasionally indulged in schemes and agitations whose object is the destruction of domestic institutions existing in other sections—institutions which existed at the adoption of the Constitution and were recognized and protected by it.

James K. Polk

Inaugural Address of James K. Polk

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Pre-Civil War conflict American politics

Speaker

James K. Polk

Source

Inaugural Address of James K. Polk Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Polk, James K. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1845, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.