Poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Poverty

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Address to Conference of International Labor Organization. Conference of International Labor Organization. 17 May 1944, Washington, DC, USA.

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Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Cummings, William Thomas. Quoted in I Saw the Fall of the Philippines, by Carlos P. Romulo. Doubleday, 1943, ch. 15.

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Please, sir, I want some more.

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Charles Dickens
Source
Oliver Twist
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1837 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress." Bentley's Miscellany. London: Richard Bentley, Feb. 1837, issue 1, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Penguin, 2003, ch. 2.

Another quote from 1944

It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Anne Frank

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Topic
Idealism Optimism Human nature

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Anne Frank
Source
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Medium
Personal journal
Language
Dutch
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 15 July 1944.

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I alone can fix it.

Donald Trump

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Demagoguery American politics
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Donald Trump
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
2016 2010s 21st century
Authentication Score 2
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Trump, Donald. Speech at Republican National Covention. Republican National Convention. 21 July 2016, Cleveland, OH, USA.