Newspaper

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History is written by the winners.

George Orwell

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Topic

History

Author

George Orwell

Source

As I Please Tribune

Medium

Article Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no 18.

Because it's there.

George Mallory

Quoted in The New York Times

Upon being asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest.

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Climbing mountains Mountains Finding one's limits Adventure Challenges

Speaker

George Mallory

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Mallory, George. "Climbing Mount Everest is Work for Supermen." New York Times, 18 Mar. 1923.

The customer is always right.

Marshall Field

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Customers Business

Author

Marshall Field

Source

Boston Sunday Herald

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Field, Marshall. "America's Biggest Taxpayer Is a Merchant Prince of Chicago: Leads Country's Big Taxpayers." The Sunday Herald, 3 Sept. 1905, Women's section, p. 10, col. 2.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Francis Pharcellus Church

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Santa Claus

Author

Francis Pharcellus Church

Source

New York Sun

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Church, Francis. "Is There a Santa Claus?" The New York Sun, 21 Sept. 1897.

Current Citation

Church, Francis. Quoted in The Christmas Chronicles, written by Jeff Guinn. Penguin, 2008.

A government of laws, and not of men.

John Adams

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Topic

Rule of law Law

Author

John Adams

Source

To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay Boston Gazette

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1775 1770s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Adams, John, [published as Novanglus]. "To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay." Boston Gazette, 6 Mar. 1775.

Current Citation

Adams, John. "Novanglus No. VII, March 6, 1775." John Adams: Revolutionary Writings 1755-1775, edited by Gordon S. Wood. Library of America, 2011.

All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Topic

Appearance vs. reality Dreams

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Source

A Dream within a Dream The Flag of Our Union

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." The Flag of Our Union, 31 March 1849, I. 10.

Current Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick Quinn. Library of America, 1984, l. 10.

Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

Susan B. Anthony

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Topic

Women's rights Women's equality Men and women

Author

Susan B. Anthony

Source

The Revolution

Medium

Motto Newspaper

Statement Type

Motto

Language

English

Time

1868 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Anthony, Susan B. The Revolution. 15 Jan. 1868.

Our country is the world — our countrymen are all mankind.

William Lloyd Garrison

Quoted in The Liberator

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Topic

Citizens of the world Globalism

Speaker

William Lloyd Garrison

Source

The Liberator

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Garrison, William Lloyd. Motto of The Liberator. 1831.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Otto von Bismarck

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Political compromise Political theory Politics

Speaker

Otto von Bismarck

Source

Die Gartenlaube

Medium

Newspaper

Language

German

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Von Bismark, Otto. Quoted in "Aus den Erinnerungen eines russischen Publicisten. 2. Ein Stündchen beim Kanzler des norddeutschen Bundes. In: Die Gartenlaube" ["From the memories of a Russian publicist. 2. An hour with the Chancellor of the North German Confederation. In: The Gazebo.] St. Petersburgische Zeitung, 11 Aug. 1867.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Henry Kissinger

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Topic

Attraction Power

Author

Henry Kissinger

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Kissinger, Henry. Quoted in "Foreign Policy: Kissinger at Hub." Written by Hedrick Smith. The New York Times, 19 Jan. 1971.

If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

George Orwell

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression Nature of freedom Freedom

Author

George Orwell

Source

Times Literary Supplement

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. "The Freedom of Press." Times Literary Supplement. News UK, 15 Sept. 1972.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

Edgar Allan Poe

New York Evening Mirror

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Topic

Unexpected visitors Guests and visitors

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Source

The Raven New York Evening Mirror

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." New York Evening Mirror, 29 Jan. 1845, st. 1.

Current Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick F. Quinn. Library of America, 1984, st. 1.

If you remember the 60's, you really weren't there.

Charles Fleischer

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Topic

The 60s

Author

Charles Fleischer

Source

Los Angeles Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Fleischer, Charles. "If You Remember the 60's, You Really Weren't There." LA Times, 13 June 1982.

I am about Courting a Girl I have had but little Acquaintance with; how shall I come to a Knowledge of her Fawlts? and whether she has the Virtues I imagine she has?
Answ. Commend her among her Female Acquaintance.

Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin

Source

Miscellaneous Observations Pennsylvania Gazette

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1732 1730s 18th century

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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Miscellaneous Observations." Pennsylvania Gazette. 12 Mar. 1732.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Miscellaneous Observations, 1732." Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-01-02-0091

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation.

William Lloyd Garrison

To the Public

On American slavery.

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Topic

Moderation

Author

William Lloyd Garrison

Source

To the Public The Liberator

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Garrison, William Lloyd. "To the Public." The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831.

Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them.

Charles J. Sykes

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Nerds

Author

Charles J. Sykes

Source

San Diego Union-Tribune

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Sykes, Charles J. San Diego Union-Tribune. 19 Sept. 1996.

At first it was a giant column that soon took the shape of a supramundane mushroom.

William L. Laurence

The New York Times

Reporting on the first detonation of an atomic bomb which occurred in New Mexico on July 16th, 1945.

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Nuclear weapons

Author

William L. Laurence

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Laurence, William L. "Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in July 16 Test; Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in New Mexico Test Caravan of Scientists by Night Directions for Observers' Safety Roar Reverberations Over Desert." The New York Times, 26 Sept. 1945.

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture you would be pretty much left with "Let's Make a Deal."

Fran Lebowitz

The Impact of AIDS on the Artistic Community

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American culture

Author

Fran Lebowitz

Source

The Impact of AIDS on the Artistic Community The New York Times

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Lebowitz, Fran. "The Impact of AIDS on the Artistic Community." The New York Times, 13 Sept. 1987.

A great ball of fire about a mile in diameter, changing colors as it kept shooting upward, from deep purple to orange, expanding, growing bigger, rising as it was expanding, an elemental force freed from its bonds after being chained for billions of years.

William L. Laurence

The New York Times

Reporting on the first detonation of an atomic bomb which occurred in New Mexico on July 16th, 1945.

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Nuclear weapons

Author

William L. Laurence

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Laurence, William L. "Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in July 16 Test; Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in New Mexico Test Caravan of Scientists by Night Directions for Observers' Safety Roar Reverberations Over Desert." The New York Times, 26 Sept. 1945.

Inebriate of Air - am I -
And debauchee of dew -
Reeling - thro endless summer days -
From inns of Molten Blue.

Emily Dickinson

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Summer

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

The May-Wine Springfield Daily Republican

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "The May-Wine." Springfield Daily Republican, 4 May 1861, I. 5.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "I taste a liquor never brewed." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 5.