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The judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 78

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The judiciary

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Federalist 78 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 78: The Judiciary Department." The Federalist, A Collection of Essays." New York: J. and A. McLean, 1788.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 78: Duration in office: good behavior. Why needed.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Bill Gates

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Topic

Downsides of success Hubris Success

Author

Bill Gates

Source

The Road Ahead

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Gates, Bill and Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson. The Road Ahead. Viking Press, 1995, ch. 3.

Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume.

Warren Buffet

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Topic

Investing The stock market

Speaker

Warren Buffet

Source

Fortune

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Buffett, Warren. Quoted in "Meet Investing's Newest Stars." Fortune Magazine, 9 Mar. 1992.

We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.

George W. Bush

Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush

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Topic

Spread of freedom and democracy American foreign policy Political theory

Speaker

George W. Bush

Source

Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Bush, George W. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2005, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

As the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to the United States.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 32

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Topic

Federalism American politics

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Federalist 32 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 32: The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation." Daily Advertiser, 3 Jan. 1788.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 32: States will have concurrent power to tax.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Contentment

Author

Helen Keller

Source

The Story of My Life Ladies' Home Journal

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keller, Helen. "The Story of My Life." Ladies' Home Journal, 1902.

Current Citation

Keller, Helen. The Story of My Life. Signet, 2010, ch. 22.

The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so.

Ray Bradbury

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Topic

Things get better Perseverance

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life

Statement Type

Encouragement

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Bradbury, Ray. Quoted in Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life, edited by Barnaby Conrad and Monte Schultz. Writer's Digest Books, 2002.

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart the last Thursday in November next as a day which I desire to be observed by all my fellow citizens wherever they may then be as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God the beneficent Creator and Ruler of the Universe. And I do farther recommend to my fellow citizens aforesaid that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the Great Disposer of events for a turn of the inestimable blessings of Peace, Union and Harmony throughout the land, which it has pleased him to assign as a dwelling place for ourselves and for our posterity throughout all generations.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Thanksgiving Holidays

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Proclamation of Thanksgiving

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Proclamation of Thanksgiving." 20 Oct. 1864.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 20, 1864." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

I hate flossing, I just wish I had one long curvy tooth. It didn't need to be split up.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Topic

Personal care

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Ernest Hemingway

Death in the Afternoon

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Topic

Moral theory

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

Death in the Afternoon

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932, ch. 1.

I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows.

Henry David Thoreau

Walking (Thoreau)

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Topic

Nature

Speaker

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Walking (Thoreau)

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

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.

The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens, and greater sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Topic

Republic vs. democracy Political theory Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Art has always been the raft on to which we climb to save our sanity.

Dorothea Tanning

Quoted in Salon

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Topic

Art as therapy Purpose of art Art

Speaker

Dorothea Tanning

Source

Salon

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Tanning, Dorothea. Interviewed by John Glassing. Salon, 11 Feb. 2002, https://www.salon.com/2002/02/11/tanning/.

From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.

John Quincy Adams

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams

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Topic

Learning from the past

Speaker

John Quincy Adams

Source

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Adams, John Quincy. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1825, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destory slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

American Civil War

Author

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Letters of Abraham Lincoln

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Horace Greeley. 22 Aug. 1862.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "To Horace Greeley, August 22 1862." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated by different sentiments and views. The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation, and involves the spirit of party and faction in the necessary and ordinary operations of the government.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Political faction Political theory Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind; reason is of no use to us—the freedom of Speech may be taken away—and, dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter.

George Washington

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression

Author

George Washington

Source

Speeches of George Washington

Medium

Speech

Genre

Military speech

Language

English

Time

1783 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

Washington, George. Address to officers of the Army. 15 Mar. 1783, Newburgh, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Washington, George. "Speech to officers of the army, March 15, 1783." George Washington: Writings, edited by John H. Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

This government was instituted to secure the blessings of freedom, and…slavery is an unqualified evil to the negro, to the white man, to the soil, and to the State.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Purpose of government Government Slavery Freedom American politics

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Speeches of Abraham Lincoln

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Speech in Illinois. 11 Sept. 1858, Edwardsville, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "From Portion of Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois, September 11, 1858." Lincoln's Selected Writings, edited by David S. Reynolds. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Personal responsibility

Speaker

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Source

Speeches of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "The Solitude of Self." Congress meeting. 18 Jan. 1892, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. The Solitude of Self. Paris Press, 2000.

The effects of the late civil strife have been to free the slave and make him a citizen. Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it. This is wrong, and should be corrected.

Ulysses S. Grant

Second Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant

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Reconstruction Civil rights

Speaker

Ulysses S. Grant

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Grant, Ulysses S. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1873, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.