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In Wildness is the preservation of the World.

Henry David Thoreau

Walking (Thoreau)

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Topic

Wilderness Spending time in nature Nature

Speaker

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Walking (Thoreau)

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." 23 Apr. 1851, Concord Lyceum, Concord, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. Dover Publications, 1993.

Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Political progress

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1769 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 26 Oct. 1769.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

Winston Churchill

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Imperialism Power of ideas

Speaker

Winston Churchill

Source

Anglo-American Unity

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Anglo-American Unity." 6 Sept. 1943, Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Speech.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "'The gift of a common tongue', 6 September 1943, Harvard, Boston." Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches. Hyperion, 2005.

Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.

Anacharsis

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Rich vs. poor Nature of law Law

Speaker

Anacharsis

Author

Plutarch

Source

Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Anacharsis. Quoted in "Solon." Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans. c. 120.

Current Citation

Anacharsis. Quoted in "Solon." Greek Lives, written by Plutarch, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Taking risks Courage Living life to the fullest

Author

Helen Keller

Source

Let Us Have Faith

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Keller, Helen. Let Us Have Faith. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940.

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Apostle Peter

Acts 4:12

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Topic

Salvation

Speaker

Apostle Peter

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 4:12).

Pennies don't fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth.

Margaret Thatcher

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Welfare Politics

Speaker

Margaret Thatcher

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Thatcher, Margaret. Speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet. Lord Mayor’s Banquet. 12 Nov. 1979, Guildhall, London, England, UK.

We must never forget that it is a Constitution we are expounding.

John Marshall

McCulloch v. Maryland

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Constitutional interpretation US Constitution

Author

John Marshall

Source

McCulloch v. Maryland

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. McCulloch v. Maryland. United States Reports, vol. 17, 5 Mar. 1819, pp. 316-437. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/17/316/.

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:12

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Topic

Blaming others Taking responsibility Adam and Eve Original sin

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:12).

Science has stolen most of our miracles.

Minority Report

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Topic

Disenchanted world

Speaker

Danny Witwer

Actor

Colin Farrell

Source

Minority Report

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Minority Report. Directed by Steven Spielberg, 20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Pictures/Amblin Entertainment/Blue Tulip Productions, 2002.

The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.

Herodotus

Histories

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Topic

Knowledge Powerlessness Power

Author

Herodotus

Source

Histories

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 9. sect. 16.

Current Citation

Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 9, sect. 16.

Those who are faithful know only the pleasures of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Topic

Infidelity Betrayal Dangers of love Love

Speaker

Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel Magazine

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890. ch. 1.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 1.

This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.

Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

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Topic

Hurting others Family

Author

Arundhati Roy

Source

The God of Small Things

Medium

Novel

Genre

Post-colonial literature

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Random House, 1997, ch. 2.

A man who denies to other men equality of rights is hardly worthy of freedom; but I would give even to him all the rights which I claim for myself.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Equality

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Franklin in France

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Quoted by John Hay in "Franklin in France," Addresses of John Hay. The Century Co., 1906.

America, I've given you all and now I'm nothing.

Allen Ginsberg

America (poem)

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Topic

American life America American politics

Author

Allen Ginsberg

Source

America (poem)

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Lament

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Ginsberg, Allen. "America." Howl and Other Poems. City Lights, 1956.

I have got such a bully pulpit!

Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt's expressing his view of the presidency.

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Topic

American Presidency American politics

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

The Outlook

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1909 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. The Outlook. 27 Feb. 1909.

No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation.

Thomas Jefferson

Letter to James Madison, 1789

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The only constant is change

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Source

Letter to James Madison, 1789 Letters of Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Madison. 6 Sept. 1789.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "James Madison, Sept. 6, 1789." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

For what can war, but endless war still breed?

John Milton

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Topic

Effects of war War

Author

John Milton

Source

Letters of John Milton

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1674 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "To My Lord Fairfax." Letters of State Written by Mr. John Milton. London, 1694, l. 10.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "On the Lord General Fairfax." John Milton: The Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 10.

Human subtlety... Will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Topic

Elegance of nature Nature Man and nature

Author

Leonardo da Vinci

Source

Journals of Leonardo da Vinci

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Italian

Time

1519 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Da Vinci, Leonardo. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1883.

No one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons. However, I suppose the god must have wanted this to happen.

Herodotus

Histories

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Topic

War and peace War Peace

Speaker

Croesus

Author

Herodotus

Source

Histories

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 1, sect. 87.

Current Citation

Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, sect. 87.