A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.

Stanley Baldwin

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Topic

Platitudes and cliches Truth

Speaker

Stanley Baldwin

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1924 1920s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Baldwin, Stanley. Speech in the House of Commons. House of Commons meeting. 29 May 1924. London, England, UK.

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Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

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Current Citation

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You can't handle the truth!

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Authentication Score 3
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We stand today on the edge of a New Frontier—the frontier of the 1960's—a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils—a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats...the New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises, it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them.

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John F. Kennedy
Medium
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Genre
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English
Time
1960 1960s 20th century
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Kennedy, John F. Address accepting the democratic nomination for president. Democratic National Convention. 15 July 1960, Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA, USA.