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Legends Library AI: ask history's greatest minds, answers cited to primary sources
Ask history's greatest minds about today's most controversial issues. Get bold answers backed by the words they left behind.
Featured Hot Takes
Big questions. Bold answers. Receipts included.
What did MLK say about reparations?
Civil Rights · Money · Source-grounded inference
What did Lincoln say about colonizing freed slaves?
Slavery · Union · Source-grounded inference
Latest answers, cited to the source
All questions →- Why did Alexander Hamilton support ratifying the Constitution?Alexander Hamilton
- What did Thomas Jefferson say about a free press?Thomas Jefferson
- What did Frederick Douglass think of Abraham Lincoln?Frederick Douglass
- What did Benjamin Franklin say about education?Benjamin Franklin
- What did Lincoln say about tariffs?Abraham Lincoln
- What did Jesus say about welcoming the stranger?Jesus of Nazareth
- What did George Washington say in his Thanksgiving proclamation?George Washington
- What does the Old Testament say about justice?The Old Testament
- What did Theodore Roosevelt say about trusts and big business?Theodore Roosevelt
- What did Alexander Hamilton say about public debt?Alexander Hamilton
- Why did Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence?Thomas Jefferson
- What did Frederick Douglass say about slavery?Frederick Douglass
- What did Benjamin Franklin say about marriage?Benjamin Franklin
- What did Lincoln say about Black Americans voting?Abraham Lincoln
- What did Jesus say about violence and war?Jesus of Nazareth
- What did George Washington think about trade and tariffs?George Washington
- What does the Old Testament say about caring for the poor?The Old Testament
- What did Theodore Roosevelt mean by the man in the arena?Theodore Roosevelt
- Why did Alexander Hamilton want a national bank?Alexander Hamilton
- What did Thomas Jefferson say about religious freedom?Thomas Jefferson
- What did Frederick Douglass say about the Fourth of July?Frederick Douglass
- What did Benjamin Franklin say about slavery?Benjamin Franklin
- What did Lincoln mean by with malice toward none?Abraham Lincoln
- What did Jesus say about children?Jesus of Nazareth
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