corpus · 101 on file

Quotes

Every verified statement attributed to a politician or party in the dataset. Each carries a year, the context, and at least one source citation. The same corpus drives the Who-said-it game and the "On the record" sections on entity pages.

Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

لقد جئت إليكم اليوم وفي يدي غصن الزيتون، وفي يدي الأخرى بندقية المناضل من أجل الحرية. فلا تسقطوا غصن الزيتون من يدي.

Yasser Arafat · 1974 November 13 1974 UN General Assembly address — the first time a non-state actor's leader addressed the body, with a sidearm strapped to his hip throughout the entrance though removed at the podium. Sources: un.org · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□
We do not wish one drop of either Arab or Jewish blood to be shed; neither do we delight in the continuation of killing.

Yasser Arafat · 1974 PLO chairman's address to the UN General Assembly on 13 November 1974 — peace overture inside the same address that closed with the olive-branch-and-gun line. Sources: palquest.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■■□
I dream of a one democratic State where Christian, Jew and Muslim live in justice, equality and fraternity.

Yasser Arafat · 1974 PLO chairman's address to the UN General Assembly on 13 November 1974 — the secular one-state vision in his first speech to the body. Sources: palquest.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
War flares up in Palestine, and yet it is in Palestine that peace will be born.

Yasser Arafat · 1974 Closing line of the PLO chairman's address to the UN General Assembly on 13 November 1974. Sources: palquest.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■■□

The verification bar for inclusion is the same one the Who-said-it game uses: only rows with verification_status other than unverified show up here — each quote carries at least one source citation and a review pass before it appears.