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The people are the masters.

Edmund Burke

Speech in House of Commons, February 11, 1780

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Topic

Citizen and state

Speaker

Edmund Burke

Source

Speech in House of Commons, February 11, 1780

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1780 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Burke, Edmund. Address on the Independence of Parliament and Economical Reformation. House of Commons meeting. 11 Feb. 1780, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.

Emmeline Pankhurst

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Topic

Law vs. justice

Author

Emmeline Pankhurst

Source

My Own Story

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pankhurst, Emmeline. My Own Story. Hearsts's International Library, 1914.

Current Citation

Pankhurst, Emmeline. My Own Story. Vintage Classics, 2018.

It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people.

Andrew Jackson

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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Topic

US and Native American relations American politics

Speaker

Andrew Jackson

Source

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Jackson, Andrew. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The people of the District of Columbia are not the subjects of the people of the States, but free American citizens.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Topic

Washington, D.C.

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

Authentication Score 2

Citation

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

The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want.

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Topic

Persuasion

Author

Dale Carnegie

Source

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Carnegie, Dale. How to Win Friends and Influence People. Simon & Schuster, 1936.

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

The present The human condition

Speaker

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Public and Private Education

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Public and Private Education." 27 Nov. 1864, Boston, MA, USA.

The reality is we’re still 11-year-old boys locked in a cellar imagining what our lives would have been if we’d escaped.

Mystic River

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Topic

Trauma Counterfactual history

Speaker

Sean Devine

Actor

Kevin Bacon

Source

Mystic River

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mystic River. Directed by Clint Eastwood, Village Roadshow Pictures/Malpaso Productions/NPV Entertainment, 2003.

Words mean something different depending on the person who says them, right?

Gloria Steinem

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Topic

Meaning of words Context

Speaker

Gloria Steinem

Source

Speeches of Gloria Steinem

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Steinem, Gloria. "Keynote Speech." Women and Power: Connecting Across the Generations Conference. 11 Sept. 2009, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY, USA.

Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!

Aphra Behn

The Emperor of the Moon

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Topic

New love

Speaker

Bellemante

Author

Aphra Behn

Source

The Emperor of the Moon

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1687 1680s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Behn, Aphra. The Emperor of the Moon. Performed by Cave Underhill, Anthony Leigh, Thomas Jevon, Sarah Cooke, and Katherine Corey. 1687, Dorset Garden Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Behn, Aphra. "The Emperor of the Moon." The Rover and Other Plays, edited by Jane Spencer. Oxford University Press, 2008.

And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:9

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Topic

Trees Garden of Eden Gardens

Source

Genesis

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: New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Genesis 2:9).

When I find the road narrow, and can see no other way of teaching a well established truth except by pleasing one intelligent man and displeasing then thousand fools-I prefer to address myself to the man.

Maimonides

The Guide for the Perplexed

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Topic

Intellectual integrity

Author

Maimonides

Source

The Guide for the Perplexed

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Judeo-Arabic

Time

1190 1190s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Maimonides. דלאלת אלחאירין [The Guide of the Perplexed]. c. 1190.

Current Citation

Maimonides. The Guide of the Perplexed, translated by Chaim Rabin. Hackett Publishing Company, 1995.

It is the Russians' joy to drink; we cannot do without it.

Vladimir the Great

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Topic

Russia Drinking alcohol

Speaker

Vladimir the Great

Language

Old East Slavic

Time

1113 1110s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Vladimir the Great. Quoted in The Primary Chronicle, written by Nestor. c. 1113, annal for the year 987.

Current Citation

Vladimir the Great. Quoted in The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text, written by Nestor, translated by Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor. Medieval Academy of America, 2012, annal for the year 987.

Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.

Alain de Lille

Liber Parabolarum

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Topic

Appearance vs. reality

Author

Alain de Lille

Source

Liber Parabolarum

Language

Latin

Time

1202 1200s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Lille De, Alain. Liber Parabolarum. c. 1202, ch. 3, no. 1.

How hard it is for women to keep counsel!

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

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Topic

Secrets Women

Speaker

Portia

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Julius Caesar

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play) Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1599 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 4.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 4.

In a nation distracted by faction, there are, no doubt, always a few, though commonly but a very few, who preserve their judgment untainted by the general contagion. They seldom amount to more than here and there a solitary individual, without any influence, excluded by his own candour from the confidence of either party, and who, though he may be one of the wisest, is necessarily upon that very account one of the most insignificant men in the society.

Adam Smith

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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Topic

Political faction

Author

Adam Smith

Source

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. London: Andrew Millar/Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell, 1759, pt. 3, sect. 3, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments, edited by Ryan Patrick Hanley. Penguin, 2010, pt. 3, sect. 3, ch. 3.

Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.

Anton Chekhov

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Topic

Environmental destruction

Speaker

Mikhail Lvovich Astrov

Author

Anton Chekhov

Source

Uncle Vanya

Medium

Play

Language

Russian

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Dyadya Vanya. 1897, act 1.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. "Uncle Vanya." Plays: Ivanov; The Seagull' Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; The Cherry Orchard, translated by Peter Carson. Penguin Classics, 2002, act 1.

Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

The Godfather

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Topic

Death

Speaker

Peter Clemenza

Actor

Richard Castellano

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Euphemism

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972.

Here am I; send me.

Isaiah

Isaiah 6:8

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Topic

Volunteering

Speaker

Isaiah

Source

Isaiah The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 6:8).

How vast a memory lovers have!

Ovid

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Topic

Love

Author

Ovid

Source

Sappho to Phaon The Heroides

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

8 0s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides [The Heroines]. 8 AD, no. 15, l. 43.

Current Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides, edited and translated by Harold Isbell. Penguin Classics, 1990, no. 15, l. 43.

Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension.

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Topic

Revolution Liberalism Political intolerance Authoritarianism

Author

Mao Zedong

Source

Combat Liberalism

Genre

Political literature

Language

Chinese

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Zedong, Mao. Combat Liberalism. 1937.