| Introduction |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Author's Note |
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`This is a woman's resolve', AD 61 |
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3 | (2) |
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`The heart and stomach of a king', 8 August 1588 |
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5 | (2) |
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`Let us die before we become slaves', AD 73 |
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7 | (5) |
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`Blood, toil, tears and sweat', 13 May 1940 |
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12 | (3) |
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`I am here as a soldier', 13 November 1913 |
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15 | (4) |
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`I have a dream', 28 August 1963 |
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19 | (5) |
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`Ain't I a woman?', 1863 version |
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24 | (4) |
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`Sing in me, oh Muse', 5 June 2017 |
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28 | (3) |
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`Wait till you see Muhammad Ali', 30 October 1974 |
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31 | (2) |
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`Be the very best that you can be', 2 April 2009 |
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33 | (6) |
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`We are not Europeans; we are not Indians; we are but a mixed species', 15 February 1819 |
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39 | (2) |
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`I want liberty and equality to reign', 29 August 1793 |
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41 | (1) |
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`At the stroke of the midnight hour', 14 August 1947 |
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42 | (2) |
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`Rainbow nation', 10 May 1994 |
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44 | (3) |
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`We shall fight on the beaches', 4 June 1940 |
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47 | (4) |
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`When they pull, I loosen', 7th century AD |
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51 | (1) |
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`I have reigned with your loves', 30 November 1601 |
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52 | (2) |
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`This was their finest hour', 18 June 1940 |
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54 | (2) |
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`America is a place where all things are possible', 4 November 2008 |
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56 | (5) |
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`Until every drop of blood drawn by the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword', 4 March 1865 |
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61 | (3) |
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`Ask not what your country can do for you', 20 January 1961 |
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64 | (4) |
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`The ability of human beings to make and remake themselves for the better', December 2012 |
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68 | (3) |
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`One pen and one book can change the world', 12 July 2013 |
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71 | (3) |
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`I have faith in the righteousness of our cause', 11 March 1930 |
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74 | (3) |
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`Are women persons', February--June 1873 |
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77 | (6) |
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`I am personally going to shoot that paper-hanging sonofabitch Hitler', 5 June 1944 |
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83 | (2) |
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`You have Alexander', November 333 BC |
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85 | (2) |
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`Today, our nation saw evil', 11 September 2001 |
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87 | (3) |
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`Tread lightly there', 19 March 2003 |
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90 | (3) |
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`A date which will live in infamy', 8 December 1941 |
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93 | (6) |
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`I will not be led in a triumph', 30 BC |
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99 | (2) |
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`In the name of God, go!', 20 April 1653 |
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101 | (2) |
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`Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall. 12 June 1987 |
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103 | (3) |
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`The Few', 20 August 1940 |
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106 | (3) |
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`These swine must be strangled', 4 December 1936 |
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109 | (4) |
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`Declare the Caliphate', 29 June 2014 |
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113 | (2) |
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`The greatest pleasure', 13th century |
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115 | (1) |
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`America is struck', 7 October 2001 |
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116 | (3) |
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`Virtue and terror', 5 February 1794 |
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119 | (6) |
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`The unexamined life is not worth living', 399 BC |
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125 | (5) |
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`Shoot me quietly', 3 February 1940 |
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130 | (5) |
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`No whitewash at the White House', 30 April 1973 |
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135 | (3) |
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`Peace for our time', 30 September 1938 |
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138 | (1) |
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`I am at the head of the strongest army world', 11 December 1941 |
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139 | (8) |
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`Imperial purple is the noblest burial sheet', AD 532 |
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147 | (1) |
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`We need new blood', 16 October 1952 |
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148 | (4) |
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`Government of the people, by the people, for the people', 19 November 1863 |
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152 | (1) |
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`Make America great again', 16 June 2015 |
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153 | (6) |
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`It is not power that corrupts, but fear', July 1991 |
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159 | (3) |
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`History is our best teacher', 14 May 2017 |
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162 | (5) |
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`I have come to Jerusalem, as the City of Peace', 20 November 1977 |
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167 | (4) |
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`Enough of blood and tears', 13 September 1993 |
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171 | (6) |
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`Dare, dare again, always dare!', 2 September 1792 |
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177 | (2) |
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`The Chinese people have stood up!', 21 September 1949 |
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179 | (2) |
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`Power to the Soviets', September 1917 |
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181 | (2) |
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`I shall smash this government in the teeth', February 1979 |
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183 | (4) |
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`Enter upon the road to the Holy Sepulchre', 27 November 1095 |
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187 | (3) |
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`Carthage must be destroyed!', 149 BC |
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190 | (3) |
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`The annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe', 30 January 1939 |
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193 | (2) |
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`The Jewish people are going to be exterminated', 4 October 1943 |
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195 | (6) |
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`The perils of indifference', 12 April 1999 |
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201 | (5) |
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`We are all guilty', 18 July 1998 |
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206 | (2) |
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`Hate, ignorance and evil', 10 November 1975 |
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208 | (5) |
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`Thou shall not kill', Exodus 20, Verses 1--26 |
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213 | (2) |
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`Blessed are the poor in spirit', Sermon on the Mount, St Matthew's Gospel, 1st century AD |
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215 | (2) |
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`Turn then your face towards the Sacred Mosque', from the Surah al-Baqarah (`The Cow'), Verse 2 (144--50), 7th century AD |
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217 | (4) |
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`We are not only scientists; we are men, too', 2 November 1945 |
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221 | (2) |
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`We can't solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis', 3 December 2018 |
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223 | (4) |
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`Remain faithful to Peron', 17 October 1951 |
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227 | (4) |
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`I've seen the promised land', 3 April 1968 |
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231 | (3) |
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`Nobody will ever write a book about my mother', 9 August 1974 |
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234 | (4) |
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`Europe is not to be saved by any single man', 9 November 1805 |
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238 | (1) |
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`What an artist the world is losing in me', 9 June 68 AD |
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239 | (3) |
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`We do these things because of who we are 1 May 2011 |
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242 | (4) |
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`Soldiers of my Old Guard: I bid you farewell', 20 April 1814 |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (5) |
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`I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown', 30 January 1649 |
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253 | (4) |
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`Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue', 28 January 1986 |
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