We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth--but neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced...I call upon Chairman Khrushchev to halt and eliminate this clandestine, reckless, and provocative threat to world peace and to stable relations between our two nations...He has an opportunity now to move the world back from the abyss of destruction.

John F. Kennedy

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Cuban Missile Crisis Cold War America and the world

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John F. Kennedy

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Kennedy, John F. Address on Soviet missiles in Cuba. 22 Oct. 1962, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Radio and television address.

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I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon—if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

John F. Kennedy

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The moon landing Space race
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John F. Kennedy
Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Kennedy, John F. Special Message to Congress on Urgent National Needs. 25 May 1961, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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For the loser now will be later to win,
For the times they are a-changin'.

Bob Dylan

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Change Underdogs Justice
Speaker
Bob Dylan
Source
The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)
Medium
Song
Genre
Protest music Folk music
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Dylan, Bob. "The Times They Are a-Changin'." The Times They Are a-Changin'. Columbia Records, 1965.

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The story of our inferiority is an old dodge, as I have said: for wherever men oppress their fellows, wherever they enslave them, they will endeavor to find the needed apology for such enslavement and oppression in the character of the people oppressed and enslaved.

Frederick Douglass

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Oppressor and oppressed
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Frederick Douglass
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Speech
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Political speech
Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. “What the Black Man Wants.” Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. 26 Jan. 1865, Boston, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass. Dover Publications, 2013.