Speech · Political speechYesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.Franklin D. Roosevelt1941★ 8.8
Speech · Political speechWe look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression-everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way-everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want... Everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear... Anywhere in the world.Franklin D. Roosevelt1941★ 6.9
PoemFor when the One Great Scorer Comes to mark against your name, He writes-not that you won or lost- But how you played the game.Grantland Rice1941★ 6.9
Film · Film noir · Crime (film) · CrimeThe stuff that dreams are made of.Samuel SpadeThe Maltese Falcon · 1941★ 6.4
LetterSubmit to me as soon as possible a draft showing... Measures already taken for the execution of the intended final solution of the Jewish question.Hermann Goring1941★ 6.0
SpeechNever give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.Winston ChurchillSpeech at Harrow School, October 29, 1941 · 1941★ 5.3
Speech · Political speechWe have not journeyed all this way across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.Winston ChurchillSpeech to the Canadian Parliament, December 30, 1941 · 1941★ 5.3
PoemAnd were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I have a lovers quarrel with the world.Robert FrostThe Lesson for Today · 1941★ 5.1
Autobiography and memoirOne of the best things about love is just recognizing a man's step when he climbs the stairs.Colette1941★ 4.4
What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.Alfred North Whitehead1941★ 4.4
Film · Film noir · Crime (film) · CrimeThe cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.Samuel SpadeThe Maltese Falcon · 1941★ 3.9
Film · Film noir · Crime (film) · CrimeAll we've got is that maybe you love me and maybe I love you.Samuel SpadeThe Maltese Falcon · 1941★ 3.9
Speech · Political speechThe democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history. It permeated the ancient life of early peoples. It blazed anew in the Middle Ages. It was written in Magna Charta.Franklin D. RooseveltThird Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1941★ 3.7
Personal journalSex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore.Anais Nin1941★ 3.6
War is the greatest of all agents of change. It speeds up all processes, wipes out minor distinctions, brings realities to the surface. Above all, war brings it home to the individual that he is not altogether an individual. It is only because they are aware of this that men will die on the field of battle.George Orwell1941★ 3.6
I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... A total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.Hermann Goring1941★ 3.6
Radio broadcastWe shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.Winston Churchill1941★ 3.6
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