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Baldwin, James. "As Much Truth As One Can Bear." The New York Times, 14 Jan. 1962.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 41.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 41.

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Smith, Patti. Quoted in National Book Award for Patti Smith, written by Julie Bosman. New York Times, 17 Nov. 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/books/18awards.html

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Twain, Mark. "The Lowest Animal." Letters from the Earth. Harper & Row, 1962.

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Twain, Mark. "The Lowest Animal." Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings, edited by Bernard DeVoto. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004.

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Van Buren, Martin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1837, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Adams, John. Letter to Abigail Adams. 19 Dec. 1793.

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“John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 December 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-09-02-0278.

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Madonna. "Madonna: The Rolling Stone Interview." Interviewed by Bill Zehme. Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 1989.

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Morrison, Toni. "No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear." The Nation: 150th Anniversary Special, 23 Mar. 2015.

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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.

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Buffett, Warren. "Buy American. I Am." The New York Times, Oct 16, 2008.

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Sontag, Susan "Against Interpretation." Against Interpretation. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.

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Hamilton, Alexander. Letter to Robert Morris. 30 Apr. 1781.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "From Alexander Hamilton toRobert Morris, [30 April 1781]." Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-1167.

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Wright, Richard. Interviewed by L'Express. 18 Oct. 1955.

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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.

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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.

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

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Davis, Angela. "Ferguson Reminds Us of the Importance of a Global Context." Interviewed by Frank Barat. Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement. Haymarket Books, 2016.

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Twain, Mark. Letter to an unidentified person. 28 Aug. 1908.

It would be nice to forget history, but we do it at our peril.

Lucille Clifton

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Clifton, Lucille. "The Healing World of Lucille Clifton." Interviewed by Jacqueline Jones Lamon. Mosaic Magazine, 28 Aug. 2012.

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Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 1: General Introduction." Independent Journal, 27 Oct. 1787.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. I: Deliberation on a new constitution--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.