We can only pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

John Buchan

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Paying it forward

Author

John Buchan

Source

Address to Boy Scouts

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Buchan, John. Address to the people of Canada on the coronation of George VI. 12 May 1937, Canada.

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Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!

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Citation

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Topic
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Theodore Roosevelt
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." 23 Apr. 1910, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Letters and Speeches, edited by Louis Auchincloss. Library of America, 2004.