Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963 Thanksgiving Day Speech

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Topic

The past The future Tomorrow Clean slate

Speaker

Lyndon B. Johnson

Source

1963 Thanksgiving Day Speech

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. Thanksgiving message. 28 Nov. 1963, Washington, DC, USA.

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You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
You just might find
You get what you need.

The Rolling Stones

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Topic
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Source
You Can't Always Get What You Want Let It Bleed
Medium
Song
Genre
Rock music
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Jagger, Mick and Keith Richards. "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Performed by The Rolling Stones. Let It Bleed. Decca Records, 1969.

Another quote about The past

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

William Faulkner

Requiem for a Nun

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Topic
Effects of the past Past and present The past
Speaker
Stevens

Author

William Faulkner
Source
Requiem for a Nun
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Random House, 1951.

Current Citation

Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Vintage, 2012.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man, without at last finding the other end of it fastened about his own neck.

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Topic
Consequences of oppression
Speaker
Frederick Douglass
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. Speech in Washington, D.C. Civil Rights Mass Meeting. 22 Oct. 1883, Lincoln Hall, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "This Decision Has Humbled the Nation (1883)." The Speeches of Frederick Douglass, edited by John R. McKivigan, Julie Husband and Heather L. Kaufman. Yale University Press, 2018.