Selected Primary Sources and their Finding Aids: What Was Said
Direct quotes of what politicians, government officials and others have said appear in several different sources depending on the place and context in which they were made, the type of comment, and the importance of the comments. Apart from the snippets reproduced in the news media and compilations of famous quotations, there are also other, more specialized resources that provide access to what was said in government and politics, whether through quotes, in speeches, interviews, in Parliament, Cabinet, or in public hearings.