My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.

Mon centre céde, ma droite recule, situation excellente, j'attaque.

Ferdinand Foch

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Topic

Aggression Battle

Speaker

Ferdinand Foch

Language

French

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Occupation

General Soldier

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Foch, Ferdinand. Message sent during the first Battle of the Marne. 8 Sept. 1914.

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Underdogs Outsiders and outcasts

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Eugene Debs
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Courtroom speech Speech
Language
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Time
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Citation

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The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

Sir Edward Grey

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World War I
Speaker
Sir Edward Grey
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Grey, Edward. Twenty-Five Years, 1892-1916. Vo1. 2, Frederick A. Stokes, 1925, ch. 18.

Another quote originally in French

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

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Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
Discourse on Political Economy
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1755 1750s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'economie politique [Discourse on Political Economy]. Encyclopédie, 1755.

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Discourse on the Political Economy." The Basic Political Writings, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett, 2012.