We have a cancer within, close to the Presidency, that is growing.

John Dean

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Topic

Watergate American politics

Speaker

John Dean

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Lawyer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dean, John. "Cancer on the Presidency." 21 Mar. 1973, Oval Office, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Presidental briefing.

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Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust.

John Rawls

A Theory of Justice

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Topic
Justice Political theory

Author

John Rawls
Source
A Theory of Justice
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1971 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice. Belknap Press, 1971, ch. 1, sect. 1.

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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
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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

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

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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.