If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

John F. Kennedy

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Topic

Rich vs. poor Economic inequality

Speaker

John F. Kennedy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, US Capitol Building, East Portico, Washington, DC, USA.

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Ich bin ein Berliner.

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Topic
Interconnectedness of all people Cold War Foreign policy International politics
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Ich bin ein Berliner." 26 June 1963, Rathaus Schoneberg, Berlin, Germany.

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For the middle class, the police protect property, give directions, and help old ladies. For the urban poor, the police are those who arrest you. In almost any slum there is a vast conspiracy against the forces of law and order.

Michael Harrington

The Other America

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Topic
Police

Author

Michael Harrington
Source
The Other America
Genre
Sociology Political literature
Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Harrington, Michael. The Other America: Poverty in the United States. Macmillan Publishing Company, 1962, ch. 1.

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We are lovers of beauty without extravagance, and lovers of wisdom without unmanliness. Wealth is to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degradation to make no effort to overcome.

Pericles

Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Golden mean
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Pericles

Author

Thucydides
Source
Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.