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Charles Dickens
VerifiedA Tale of Two Cities, 1859
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Abraham Lincoln
VerifiedGettysburg Address, 1863
“I think, therefore I am.”
René Descartes
VerifiedDiscourse on the Method, 1637
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
Winston Churchill
VerifiedSpeech to the House of Commons ("We Shall Fight on the Beaches"), 1940
“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
VerifiedInaugural Address, 1961
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Verified"I Have a Dream" speech, March on Washington, 1963
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