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A man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

Barack Obama

First Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Topic

American politics

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

First Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2009, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

All propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the most limited intelligence among those it is addressed to.

Adolf Hitler

Mein Kampf

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Topic

Propaganda

Author

Adolf Hitler

Source

Mein Kampf

Genre

Political literature Autobiography and memoir

Language

German

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf [My Struggle]. Vol. 1, Franz Eher Nachfolger GmbH, 1925, ch. 6.

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting.

Walt Whitman

O Captain! My Captain!

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Abraham Lincoln American Civil War

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

O Captain! My Captain!

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. "My Captain." The Saturday Press, 4 Nov. 1865.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "O Captain! My Captain!" Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, I. 1.

Consider, Sir, how insignificant this will appear a twelvemonth hence.

Samuel Johnson

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

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Perspective

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1763 1760s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry by James Boswell. 6 July 1763.

Current Citation

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

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Genesis 19:24

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Sodom and Gomorrah Divine punishment God's wrath

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 19:24).

I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Jesus

John 6:35

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Nature of Jesus Salvation Jesus

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 6:35).

Fortune, that arrant whore,
Ne’er turns the key to th’ poor.

William Shakespeare

King Lear

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Topic

Fortune Good luck The poor

Speaker

Fool

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

King Lear

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1606 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. King Lear. King's Men, 26 Dec. 1606, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, England, UK, act 2, sc. 4.

Current Citation

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

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 2:24

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Marriage Men and women

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 2:24).

This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.

Jesus

1st Corinthians 11:25

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The Lord's Supper

Speaker

Jesus

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 11:25).

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Topic

Pacificism and nonviolence

Speaker

Mahatma Gandhi

Medium

Courtroom speech Speech

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. Speech at his trial. The Great Trial of 1922. 18 Mar. 1922, Ahmedabad, India.

Current Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. The Power of Nonviolent Resistance: Selected Writings, edited by Tridip Suhrud. Penguin Classics, 2019, pt. 1, ch. 9.

How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?

Verbal

The Usual Suspects

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Topic

The devil

Speaker

Verbal

Actor

Kevin Spacey

Source

The Usual Suspects

Medium

Film

Genre

Mystery (film) Thriller (film) Mystery Thriller

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Usual Suspects. Directed by Bryan Singer. Bad Hat Harry Productions/Gramercy Pictures/PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/Spelling Television/Blue Parrot Productions, 1995.

One never goes so far as when one doesn't know
where one is going.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Topic

Exploration Adventure

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1812 1810s 19th century

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Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Letter to Carl Friedrich Zelter. 3 Nov. 1812.

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will
Shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness
For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children.
And I will strike down upon thee
With great vengeance and furious anger
Those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers
And you will know my name is the Lord
When I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Pulp Fiction

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Topic

Revenge

Speaker

Jules Winnfield

Actor

Samuel L. Jackson

Source

Pulp Fiction

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Jersey Films, 1994.

Talkers are no good doers. Be assured
We go to use our hands and not our tongues.

William Shakespeare

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Topic

Words vs. actions Talking

Speaker

First Murderer

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard III. London: Andrew Wise, 1597, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Third." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.

Voltaire

Philosophical Dictionary

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Topic

Purpose of government

Author

Voltaire

Source

Philosophical Dictionary

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Voltaire. "Argent [Money]." Dictionnaire Philosophique [Philosophical Dictionary]. c. 1764.

Happiness is the deferred fulfillment of a prehistoric wish. That is why wealth brings so little happiness; money is not an infantile wish.

Sigmund Freud

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Happiness

Author

Sigmund Freud

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Definition

Language

German

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Letter to Wilhelm Fliess. 16 Jan. 1898.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1904, translated and edited by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Harvard University Press, 1985.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Apostle Paul

Romans 6:23

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Sin Salvation Eternal life

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 6:23).

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Downsides of freedom Freedom

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

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Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Archibald Stuart. 23 Dec. 1791.

Things are always at their best in their beginning.

Blaise Pascal

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Topic

Things get worse

Author

Blaise Pascal

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

French

Time

1656 1650s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pascal, Blaise [published as Louis de Montalte]. "February 25, 1656." Les Provinciales ou Les Lettres Escrites [The Provincial Letters]. c. 1657, letter 4.

Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.

Gladiator

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Topic

Fear of death Inevitability of death Death

Speaker

Maximus Decimus Meridius

Actor

Russell Crowe

Source

Gladiator

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Gladiator. Directed by Ridley Scott. DreamWorks Pictures/ Scott Free Productions/Universal Pictures/Red Wagon Entertainment, 2000.