copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Claim that Alexis de Tocqueville said, "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." (Viral Quote, 2019-10-02)
Evidence (2022-06-11): Author of Democracy in America, Alexis De Tocqueville journeyed to the U.S. in 1931 to examine the way American penitentiaries and prisons were being run. However, during that time, Tocqueville became fascinated by the radical shift the newly formed democracy had taken, and the ways it manifested in Americans day-to-day lives. He studied everything from the burgeoning middle class and the abolition of primogeniture, to the calamities the state faced with the retention of slavery. Now, while debate still reigns regarding the origins of this quote, its truth still remains. America was a very different country in 1831, and it has been transforming ever since. Through this time we have seen how the legislative branch has found new ways to push new laws and agendas. Now, while the method Tocqueville was referring to remains ambiguous, the ability for congress to exercise this still exists. Be it through the promise of enhanced tax breaks or the reallocation of resources, it seems that it can be applied to most every campaigning tactic.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2023-10-20): Putin is using attack drones from Iran. While it has not been definitively proven that North Korea is supplying ammunition to Russia, experts and media outlets have said it is likely happening.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2023-02-21): - Biden's speech called out Vladimir Putin by name, but he did not directly address the Russian president's announcement earlier Tuesday that Moscow was suspending participation in New START, a key nuclear arms control treaty and the last such agreement between the two countries. [...] "They’ve targeted civilians with death and destruction, used rape as a weapon of war, stolen Ukrainian children in an attempt to steal Ukraine’s future. Bombed train stations, maternity hospitals, schools and orphanages," Biden said. "No one could turn away their eyes from the atrocities Russia is committing against the Ukrainian people. It’s abhorrent." [...] Biden places the blame squarely on the shoulders of Putin in his speech. It’s a marked contrast to Donald Trump, who has essentially blamed Biden for being weak against the Russian leader. In a speech on Monday, Trump said, "Putin never, ever would have gone into Ukraine if I were president," Trump told supporters at a Florida rally, saying he "actually had a very good relationship" with Putin.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-03-07): Here's how Republican lawmakers are responding to Biden's speech
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-07-12): Approval ratings for Biden aren’t as promising. His approval rating when he made the claim was 36.8% (and inched up to 37.3% the day after his news conference), according to data from FiveThirtyEight.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2022-10-07): Biden’s remarks, at a fundraising event in New York, could open him to criticism by political opponents that he is speaking in an inartful way about nuclear war – and at a political fundraiser of all places. But they are paradoxically also a little reassuring because they reveal a president who is deeply conscious of the risks of escalation with the volatile Kremlin leader. And whether they were meant for public consumption or not, his comments will have the effect of signaling to Putin that any use of nuclear arms – even a smaller battlefield device – could create a cascade of consequences that could lead to global disaster. In other words, Biden may be reasserting a measure of deterrence after Putin warned that he was not bluffing over his threat to possibly use a nuclear bomb. [...] US officials have also said, however, that they have detected no sign that Russia is moving or readying any of its tactical nuclear weapons, which can be small enough to target soldier formations or big enough to destroy a city. A US official told CNN’s Jeremy Diamond on Friday that Biden was speaking "frankly" following Putin’s "irresponsible and reckless" rhetoric but that his comments were not based on any new information about Russia’s nuclear posture. There has also been no shift in the US nuclear posture, the official said.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2022-03-27): Why Biden's off-script remarks about Putin are so dangerous [...] "The president's point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbours or the region," a Biden administration official said on background. "He was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change."
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2023-10-20): Meanwhile, Putin has turned to Iran and North Korea to buy attack drones and ammunition to terrorize Ukrainian cities and people.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-09-13): This comes after Western countries alleged that Iran has supplied short-range missiles to Russia. Tehran denies this.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2023-10-19): Western officials have expressed alarm in recent months over deepening ties, accusing North Korea of supplying weaponry to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine. Russia and North Korea deny the allegations.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-09-18): Meanwhile in Ukraine, Russian drone and missile strikes targeted energy facilities in the northeastern city of Sumy. One person was killed in Kropyvnytskiy, the capital of the Kirovohrad region in central Ukraine. [...] Ammunition for missile and artillery weapons, including some that came from North Korea, as well as guided aerial bombs, were stored on the territory of a warehouse. A significant portion of the weapons were in the open air, the General Staff said. [...] The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia used two Iskander missiles and 19 drones in an attack on the southern Odesa region, but its air defense systems shot down 18 of the Russian drones early on October 8.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-06-05): Ukraine says North Korean missiles are being used inside Ukrainian territory, and Western intelligence agencies say Russia has been using Iranian-made drones in the conflict.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-10-09): In Russia's Karachev, Bryansk Oblast, Ukrainian drone attack on an artillery ammunition depot caused fires and secondary detonations. [...] Russia launched three ballistic missiles and 22 drones in an overnight attack, Ukraine’s air force said in a morning update. [...] Russian Shahed drones violated the no-fly zone near a Ukrainian nuclear powerplant - prompting suggestions Russia may be preparing to strike nuclear infrastructure.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-09-16): Russian Air, Missile, and Drone Campaign (Russian Objective: Target Ukrainian military and civilian infrastructure in the rear and on the frontline) [...] The Russian government continues efforts to discredit Ukraine to deter further Western military support for Ukraine and to justify the lethal military assistance Russia receives from North Korea and Iran. The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) press service claimed on September 16 that Ukraine is preparing to conduct a false-flag attack against an unspecified children's institution in Ukraine to allow the West to accuse Iran and North Korea of supporting Russia's war effort.[97] Western officials have recently named North Korea, Iran, and the People's Republic of China (PRC) as enablers of Russia's war effort by providing shells, drones, and missiles to Russia.[98] Forensic and intelligence investigations have furthermore confirmed that Russia has already used Iranian drones and North Korean missiles at scale in Ukraine.[99] Ukraine already has plenty of proof that Russia is using these systems, undermining the SVR's attempt at setting up a false flag.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-10-08): According to Ukrainian and Western intelligence data, Iran continued supplying Shahed-136 drones, the so-called "kamikaze drones," to Russia during the fourth quarter of the year. Both countries signed a deal on a ballistic missile supply, but Iran has not sent these missiles because of possible consequences. Kyiv officially charged Tehran with complicity in Russia's crimes against Ukraine and appealed to the EU to impose sanctions against Iran. In early October, Tehran denied providing the drones and the Kremlin denied using them. But shortly thereafter Moscow acknowledged using them and Tehran acknowledged sending shipments of small numbers of drones to Russia before the invasion began. None of this addressed the fact that hundreds of these drones were used in attacks on Ukraine in the fourth quarter. Kyiv requested the UN examine some downed drones to determine their country of origin. The Kremlin threatened to reassess cooperation with UN secretary-general António Guterres if he sent experts to Ukraine to inspect drones that Western powers believe were made in Iran and used by Moscow in violation of a UN resolution.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-10-09): The United States remains gravely concerned with Russia’s use of Iranian drones against Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure in its unprovoked war against Ukraine. Both Iran and Russia have violated their obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 2231 by participating in these transfers without obtaining advance approval from the UN Security Council. [...] It is Russia, in violation of Security Council Resolution 2231, that has procured hundreds of drones from Iran, and then deployed them in attacks killing civilians in Ukraine. If Russia had any genuine desire for de-escalation, it would simply withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory and end its invasion. Instead, we see increased hostilities and brutality, waves … [...] It is despicable that Russia, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, is now using weapons procured from the DPRK and Iran – in violation of UN Security Council resolutions – to pursue its war of aggression against Ukraine.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-09-14): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to deepen ties with Russia as he held talks with visiting security chief Sergei Shoigu, state media reported on September 14. Western powers have accused cash-strapped North Korea of selling ammunition to Russia in defiance of sanctions over the more than 30-month war in Ukraine. North Korea has recently bolstered military ties with Russia, with President Vladimir Putin making a rare visit to Pyongyang in June, where he signed a mutual defense agreement with Kim. Kim "affirmed that his government would further expand cooperation and collaboration" with Russia based on the agreement. [...] Ammunition for missile and artillery weapons, including some that came from North Korea, as well as guided aerial bombs, were stored on the territory of a warehouse. A significant portion of the weapons were in the open air, the General Staff said. [...] The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia used two Iskander missiles and 19 drones in an attack on the southern Odesa region, but its air defense systems shot down 18 of the Russian drones early on October 8.
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. (Joe Biden, 2023-10-20)
Evidence (2024-03-31): November 2, 2022 - [Action] Russian forces use Iranian-made suicide drones with Chinese knock-off parts to attack Ukrainian cities. The Shahed-131 and Shahed-136 drone use an engine by Beijing MicroPilot Flight Control Systems, which is a copy of the German aerospace company Limbach Flugmotoren’s engine design. Aside from indigenously producing the engines China also exports the designs to Iran. [...] October 21, 2022 - [Statement] China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin expresses China’s disagreement with the European Union’s decision to sanction three Iranian generals and an Iranian company for supplying drones to the Russian military for use in its invasion of Ukraine. On October 20, 27 governments of the European Union imposed an asset freeze and a travel ban on three Iranian generals suspected of facilitating drone delivery to Russia, as well as an asset freeze on Shahed Aviation Industries who produces the drones Russia is accused of using against Ukraine.
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2019-08-15): While the saying is widely attributed to him, there is no evidence that it originated with Jackson.
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2019-09-25): FACT CHECK: Did Andrew Jackson Say, ‘One Man With Courage Makes A Majority’? A Facebook post alleges that former President Andrew Jackson once said, "One man with courage makes a majority." [...] The misattribution likely stems from usage of a slight variation of the quote in James Parton’s 1860 three-volume biography titled "Life of Andrew Jackson," according to Feller. The saying – "desperate courage makes one a majority" – appears on the title page of each volume in quotation marks.
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2017-10-12): It was James Parton, America’s most prolific "great man" biographer of the nineteenth century, who convincingly captured the unsettling appeal of Andrew Jackson. The two-term President was, he stated, a "democratic autocrat." This wasn’t the only one of Parton’s paradoxes. His Jackson was at once a "patriot and a traitor"; he was among the "greatest generals" in history and yet "wholly ignorant of the art of war." The "first of statesmen" who had "never devised" a piece of legislation. To his rowdy followers, Jackson was the common man’s hero; to his outraged, outspoken enemies, he was an imperious imposter—"King Andrew I."
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2024-09-20): In an effort to purge the government from the alleged corruption of previous administrations, Jackson launched presidential investigations into all executive cabinet offices and departments.[69] His administration conducted a high-profile prosecution against Tobias Watkins, the Auditor at the Treasury Department during Adams's presidency.[66] John Neal, a friend of Watkins and critic of Jackson, said that this prosecution served to "feed fat his ancient grudge" and was "characteristic of that willful, unforgiving, inexorable man, who was made President by the war-cry."[70] Jackson's approach incorporated patriotism for country as qualification for holding office. Having appointed a soldier who had lost his leg fighting on the battlefield to postmaster, he stated, "[i]f he lost his leg fighting for his country, that is ... enough for me."[71]
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2024-09-05): - ^ "Extract from President Andrew Jackson's Second Annual Message". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2024-07-13): Andrew Jackson > Quotes > Quotable Quote (?)
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2024-10-07): In the first days of Jackson's presidency, some southern states passed legislation extending state jurisdiction to Native American lands.[219] Jackson supported the states' right to do so.[220][221] His position was later made clear in the 1832 Supreme Court test case of this legislation, Worcester v. Georgia. Georgia had arrested a group of missionaries for entering Cherokee territory without a permit; the Cherokee declared these arrests illegal. The court under Chief Justice John Marshall decided in favor of the Cherokee: imposition of Georgia law on the Cherokee was unconstitutional.[222] Horace Greeley alleges that when Jackson heard the ruling, he said, "Well, John Marshall has made his decision, but now let him enforce it."[223] Although the quote may be apocryphal, Jackson made it clear he would not use the federal government to enforce the ruling.[224][225][226]
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2023-08-23): To preserve this bond of our political existence from destruction, to maintain inviolate this state of national honor and prosperity, and to justify the confidence my fellow-citizens have reposed in me, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, have thought proper to issue this my proclamation, stating my views of the Constitution and laws applicable to the measures adopted by the convention of South Carolina and to the reasons they have put forth to sustain them, declaring the course which duty will require me to pursue, and, appealing to the understanding and patriotism of the people, warn them of the consequences that must inevitably result from an observance of the dictates of the convention.
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2019-03-02): A LINE from Andrew Jackson has been making the rounds lately: "One man with courage makes a majority." This aphorism is today known as Jackson’s most famous saying. It adorns T-shirts, mugs and posters. The ACLU and the Christian Coalition invoke it. Politicians repeat it endlessly, including, recently, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But did Jackson really say it? Curiously, although everyone has heard it quoted from him and therefore "knows" that he said it, no one can pinpoint when or where. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, a standard source, attributes it to Jackson without naming time or place. Still more curiously, this memorable phrase appears in no biography of Jackson or history of his era. Certainly Jackson’s many splendid biographers would not have let a gem like this slip past them. [...] On the title page of each volume, Parton placed the epigraph "Desperate Courage Makes One a Majority." He framed it within quotation marks but not in any way to suggest that Jackson himself had said it. In fact, Parton did not mean it as a compliment, and Jackson, were he alive to see it, certainly would not have taken it as such. Parton did not admire Jackson. He thought him a headstrong ignoramus whose desperate courage overrode other men’s good sense.
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2024-02-28): Andrew Jackson's quote, "One man with courage makes a majority," encapsulates the idea that individual bravery and determination can have a profound impact and influence others. It emphasizes the power of conviction and strength of character in driving change and shaping outcomes. At its core, this quote speaks to the significance of individual agency and the capacity of even a single person to effect change, inspire others, and challenge the status quo. It is a reminder that the courage to stand up for what is right, even in the face of opposition or adversity, can pave the way for progress and lead to a shift in perspectives and attitudes.However, beyond the surface interpretation of Jackson's quote lies a deeper philosophical concept that adds layers of complexity to its meaning. The contrast between individual courage and the notion of a collective majority raises questions about the nature of power, influence, and the dynamics of social change. While the quote suggests that a single individual can be a force for change, it also highlights the role of the collective in determining outcomes.
Claim: alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." (Viral quote, 2019-08-15)
Evidence (2011-02-21): Sing Out, Mr President: Andrew Jackson's One-Man Majority "One man with courage makes a majority." --Andrew Jackson [...] 'One Man With Courage Makes A Majority' by Nico Muhly [...] Clurman assigned the young composer a quotation from Andrew Jackson: "One man with courage makes a majority."