Let us be frank about it: most of our people have never had it so good.

Harold Macmillan

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Prosperity Progress

Speaker

Harold Macmillan

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Macmillan, Harold. Speech in England. 20 July 1957, Bedford, England, UK.

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What is a rebel? A man who says no.

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There can be no progress (real, that is, moral) except in the individual and by the individual himself.

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Personal growth Nature of progress Progress

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Charles Baudelaire
Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 15.

Current Citation

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Another quote from the following genre Political speech

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

Fisher Ames

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Fisher Ames
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1795 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Ames, Fisher. Address in the House of Representatives. House of Representatives. 1795, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Ames, Fisher. Quoted in A Miracle Mirrored: The Dutch Republic in European Perspective, written by Henk van Nierop, edited by Karel Davids and Jan Lucassen. Cambridge University Press, 2011, ch. 2.