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Catherine B. | 2 comments https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8883...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9675...

I initially reported these figuring they could just be taken down since they were both unsourced and extremely fascist in nature, but they referred me here. Googling, neither of these quotes turns up many results, despite the first one clearly being likely to have first been said in English if at all.


message 2: by Catherine (last edited Oct 21, 2020 04:39PM) (new)

Catherine B. | 2 comments Andrew wrote: "I see both quotes mentioned as his words within Google Books book previews"

That's an interesting way of phrasing the fact that they are found in books that are not by him, cited without attribution to a specific source. Hence, as valid as an unsourced Goodreads quote page.

American Neo-Nazi David Duke appears to be the actual source of the first one, doing his usual lying. https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtop...


message 3: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ (last edited Oct 21, 2020 11:51PM) (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2312 comments Catherine wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8883...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9675......"


Hi Catherine

I'm not one of the Goodreads Librarians that are expert on quotations - but I looked in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations & Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations, & I can't find these quotes there. Found the dictionaries here https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/11/22/...

I am quite happy to remove if I get the go head from the moderator.

I'll look at the other one tomorrow (my time)

Edited for clarity


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rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "I am quite happy to remove if I get the go head from the moderator."

Go ahead.


message 5: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ (last edited Oct 21, 2020 10:32PM) (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2312 comments rivka wrote: "Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "I am quite happy to remove if I get the go head from the moderator."

Go ahead."


Thanks rivka. Gone.

I'll look at the first one tomorrow.


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2312 comments Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "rivka wrote: "Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "I am quite happy to remove if I get the go head from the moderator."

Go ahead."

Thanks rivka. Gone.

I'll look at the first one tomorrow."


& back earlier than I thought. Same two sources both don't have this quote & I looked at the op's link. Unfortunately it has too many likes for me to remove, so we will need to wait for the moderator or a Superlibrarian to see this post.


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rivka | 45177 comments Mod
I didn't remember the cutoff was that low. Deleted.


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