Those who say that we're in a time when there are not heroes, they just don't know where to look.

Ronald Reagan

First Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Heroes Disenchanted world

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

First Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1981, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Cormac McCarthy
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Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West
Medium
Novel
Genre
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Language
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Time
1985 1980s 20th century
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Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Thucydides
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Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War
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Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.