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.

  • I am a Syrian, I'm made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
    SY flag Bashar al-Assad · 2013 2013 BBC interview with Jeremy Bowen during the Syrian civil war. Pushback against international pressure for him to step down or accept exile. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · britannica.com Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■□□□
  • Syria is not Tunisia, Egypt or Yemen.
    سوريا ليست تونس ولا مصر ولا اليمن.
    SY flag Bashar al-Assad · 2011 Address to the Syrian parliament dismissing the Arab Spring as a foreign conspiracy and rejecting protester demands — the rhetorical moment that signalled the regime would not concede. Sources: nytimes.com · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□

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.