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McAuliffe, Anthony
1898–1975
1898–1975
1
Nuts!
replying to the German demand for surrender at Bastogne, Belgium, 22 December 1944
Nuts!
replying to the German demand for surrender at Bastogne, Belgium, 22 December 1944
in
New York Times
28 December 1944
McCaig, Norman
1910–96
1910–96
1
Who owns this landscape?
The millionaire who bought it or
the poacher staggering downhill in the early morning
with a deer on his back?
Who owns this landscape?
The millionaire who bought it or
the poacher staggering downhill in the early morning
with a deer on his back?
"A Man in Assynt" (1969)
McCarthy, Joseph
1908–57
1908–57
1
I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five [people] that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department.
McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.
I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five [people] that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department.
speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, 9 February 1950
McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.
speech in Wisconsin, 1952
McCarthy, Mary
1912–89
1912–89
1
Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.
If someone tells you he is going to make a "realistic decision", you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.
Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the".
on Lillian Hellman
Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.
On the Contrary
(1961) "America the Beautiful"
If someone tells you he is going to make a "realistic decision", you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.
On the Contrary
(1961) "American Realist Playwrights"
Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the".
on Lillian Hellman
in
New York Times
16 February 1980
McCartney, Paul
1942–
1942–
1
Ballads and babies. That's what happened to me.
on reaching the age of fifty
Ballads and babies. That's what happened to me.
on reaching the age of fifty
in
Time
8 June 1992
McClellan, George B.
1826–85
1826–85
1
All quiet along the Potomac.
said at the time of the American Civil War
All quiet along the Potomac.
said at the time of the American Civil War
attributed.
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