Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea.

Barry Goldwater

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Topic

Culture war American politics

Speaker

Barry Goldwater

Source

Washington Star

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Quoted in Saturday Evening Post. 31 Aug. 1963.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

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Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.

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Abraham Lincoln
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Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.