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Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

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Dryden, John. The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards. King's Company, 1670, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, pt. 1, act 1.

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Dryden, John. "The Conquest of Granada, Part 1." The Works of John Dryden, edited by John Loftis, David Stuart Rodes and Vinton A. Dearing. Vol. 11. University of California Press, 1978, act 2, sc. 2

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Churchill, Winston. "Give Us The Tools." BBC Radio, London, England, UK, 9 Feb. 1941.

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"Escape Clause." The Twilight Zone, written by Rod Serling, directed by Mitchell Leisen, season 1, episode 6, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1959.

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Steinbeck, John. Letter to Thom Steinbeck. 10 Nov. 1958.

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Thoreau, Henry David. Journal entry. 26 Apr. 1841.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "April 26 [1841]." I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Yale University Press, 2007.

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Chesterton, G.K. "The Flying Inn." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, edited by Iain T. Benson. Vol. 7, Ignatius Press, 2005, ch. 15. Originally published by John Lane/Methuen, 1914.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Slavery in Massachusetts." Anti-Slavery Celebration. 4 July 1854, Framingham, MA, USA. Lecture.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Slavery in Massachusetts." Essays on Civil Disobedience, edited by Bob Blaisdell. Dover Publications, 2016.

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Sidney, Philip. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. 1593, bk. 1.

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Sidney, Philip. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1.

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Adams, John. Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776.

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Adams, John. "Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies, April 1776." John Adams: Revolutionary Writings 1775-1783, edited by Gordon S. Wood. Library of America, 2011.

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Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. London: Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, act 3, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Much Ado About Nothing." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 3.

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Love Actually. Directed by Richard Curtis, Working Title Films/StudioCanal/DNA Films, 2003.

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Savile, George. "Of Punishment." A Character of King Charles The Second and Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections. London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Directed by Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema/WingNut Films, 2001.

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Carter, Jimmy. Acceptance address. Democratic National Convention. 15 July 1976, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA.

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Baldwin, James. "The American Dream and the American Negro." The New York Times, 7 Mar. 1965. Originally debate speech "The American Dream and the American Negro." Has the American Dream Been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro? Debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley. Cambridge Union. 17 Feb. 1965, Cambridge, England, UK.

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.

Amartya Sen

Development as Freedom

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Sen, Amartya. Development as Freedom. Alfred A. Knopf, 1999, ch. 1.

I never forgot. Not for one moment. I knew I'd find you in the end. It's our destiny.

Slumdog Millionaire

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Slumdog Millionaire. Directed by Danny Boyle, Celador Films/Film4 Productions, 2008.

Every man paddle his own canoe.

Frederick Marryat

Settlers in Canada

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Marryat, Frederick. The Settlers in Canada. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844, ch. 8.