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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over its government.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Safeguards of freedom Political theory

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Medium

Radio broadcast

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. On the Recession. Fireside chat. 14 Apr. 1938, Diplomatic Reception Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

We admit of no government by divine right, believing that so far as power is concerned the Beneficent Creator has made no distinction amongst men; that all are upon an equality, and that the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Political equality Equality Natural law Political theory

Speaker

William Henry Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

Carlo Goldoni

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Topic

Criticism of one's country One's native land Patriotism

Speaker

Milord Bonfil

Author

Carlo Goldoni

Source

Pamela

Medium

Play

Language

Italian

Time

1750 1750s 18th century

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Citation

Goldoni, Carlo. La Pamela [The Pamela]. 1750, Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice, Italy, act 1, sc. 16.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Carl Jung

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Topic

Overcoming adversity Adversity Human nature

Author

Carl Jung

Source

The Transcendent Function

Medium

Essay

Language

German

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Jung, Carl. Die Tranzendente Funktion [The Transcendent Function]. C. G. Jung Institute, 1957.

Be England what she will,
With all her faults she is my country still.

Charles Churchill

The Farewell

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England Patriotism

Author

Charles Churchill

Source

The Farewell

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Churchill, Charles. The Farewell. London: W. Flexney, 1764, I. 27.

Eternity was in that moment.

William Congreve

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Topic

Eternity

Speaker

Bellmour

Author

William Congreve

Source

The Old Bachelor

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Congreve, William. The Old Bachelor. United Company, 1693, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 7.

Current Citation

Congreve, William. "The Old Bachelor." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 4, sc. 7.

No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Topic

Poetry Philosophy Poets Philosophers

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

Biographia Literaria

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Biographia Literaria, edited by Niger Leask. Vol. 2, London: J. M. Dent, 1817, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Biographia Literaria." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 15.

All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, not tormented, nor driven away. This is the pure, unchangeable, eternal law.

Jaina Sutras

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Man and animals

Source

Jaina Sutras

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Ardhamagadhi

Time

500 BC 500s BC 4th century BC

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

The Akaranga Sutra. c. 4th century BC, lecture 4, lesson 1.

Current Citation

Jaina Sutras, part 1, translated by Herman Jacobi. Gyan Publishing House, 2021, Akaranga sutra, lecture 4, lesson 1.

Do as you would be done by is the surest method that I know of pleasing.

Lord Chesterfield

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Topic

Golden rule

Author

Lord Chesterfield

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1747 1740s 18th century

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Citation

Stanhope, Philip Dormer. Letter to his son. 16 Oct. 1747.

But you know that when the truth is told, that you can get what you want, or you can just get old.

Billy Joel

Vienna

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Being assertive Aging

Speaker

Billy Joel

Source

Vienna

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Joel, Billy. "Vienna." The Stranger. Columbia Records, 1977.

This peace we seek cannot be born of fear alone: it must be rooted in the lives of nations. There must be justice, sensed and shared by all peoples, for, without justice the world can know only a tense and unstable truce.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Second Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Topic

Peace Political theory

Speaker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 1957, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

I was half mad with beauty on that day.

William Morris

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Topic

Beauty

Author

William Morris

Source

The Defense of Guenevere

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Morris, William. "The Defence of Guenevere." The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems. London: Bell & Daldy, 1858.

How beautiful is youth,
that is always slipping away!
Whoever wants to be happy, let him be so:
of tomorrow there's no knowing.

Lorenzo de Medici

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Topic

Youth Living in the moment

Author

Lorenzo de Medici

Source

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Medium

Poem

Language

Italian

Time

1490 1490s 15th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Medici, Lorenzo. Il trionfo di Bacco e Arianna [The Triumph of Bacchus and Arianna]. c. 1490.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

Proverbs 24:10

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Topic

Weakness Character Adversity

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 24:10).

Much have I seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments,
Myself not least, but honour'd of them all;
And drunk delight of battle with my peers,
Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.
I am a part of all that I have met.

Alfred Tennyson

Poems

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Topic

Effects of travel Interconnectedness of all things

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

Ulysses (Tennyson) Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Ulysses." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 13.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Ulysses." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 13.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth.

Proverbs 27:2

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Topic

Compliments

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 27:2).

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive.

James Baldwin

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Broken heart Interconnectedness of all people The human condition Power of literature

Speaker

James Baldwin

Source

Life Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Howard, Jane. "Doom and Glory of Knowing Who You Are." Life Magazine, 24 May 1963.

And come he slow, or come he fast,
It is but Death who comes at last.

Sir Walter Scott

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Topic

The Grim Reaper Inevitability of death Death

Author

Sir Walter Scott

Source

Marmion

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir. Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co./London: William Miller and John Murray, 1808, canto 2, st. 30.

A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the Dark Side. Anger, fear, aggression. The Dark Side of the force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will.

Yoda

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

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Topic

Temptation of evil The Dark Side Decisions and choices

Speaker

Yoda

Actor

Frank Oz

Source

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Directed by Richard Marquand, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1983.

War is the remedy our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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American Civil War

Author

William Tecumseh Sherman

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Sherman, William Tecumseh. Letter to James Guthrie. 14 Aug. 1864.