Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Winston Churchill

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Topic

Dictators Authoritarianism

Author

Winston Churchill

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Churchill, Winston. Letter. 11 Nov. 1937.

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Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill

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Topic
World War II
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
The Few
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Few." House of Commons meeting. 20 Aug. 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Battle of Britain: 'The Few'." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote from the 1930s

Come on down to my apartment-I want to show you some remarkably fine etchings I just bought.

Dorothy Parker

Quoted in The New Yorker

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Speaker
Dorothy Parker
Source
The New Yorker
Medium
Magazine
Statement Type
Sexual innuendo Invitation
Language
English
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Parker, Dorothy. New Yorker. c. 25 July 1931.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

The body of
B. Franklin,
Printer;
Like the cover of an old Book,
Its Contents torn out,
And stript of its lettering and gilding,
Lies here, food for worms.
But the work shall not be wholly lost:
For it will, as he believ’d, appear once more,
In a new & more perfect edition,
Corrected and amended
By the Author.

Benjamin Franklin

Read more about Ben Franklin's epitaph at the National Archives website
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Topic
Afterlife

Author

Benjamin Franklin
Source
Epitaph for Himself
Medium
Epitaph
Statement Type
Epitaph Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1728 1720s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. Epitaph for himself. 1728.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Epitaph." Benjamin Franklin: Silence Dogood, The Busy-Body and Early Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.