Famous quotes, with their sources

Every quote shows where it comes from and how far to trust it — including the famous lines that were never said by the person they are credited to. 311,802 quotes from 34,662 authors.

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Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Eric Hoffer The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)

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• Barack Obamaborn 1961
• Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968
• Abraham Lincoln1809–1865
• Albert Einstein1879–1955
• Thomas Jefferson1743–1826
• Bertrand Russell1872–1970
• Jesus
• George Orwell1903–1950
• Ronald Reagan1911–2004
• John F. Kennedy1917–1963
• Donald Trumpborn 1946
• Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919

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