There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.

Nichts fϋrchetet der Mensch mehr als die Berϋhrung durch Unbekanntes.

Elias Canetti

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The unknown Human nature

Author

Elias Canetti

Source

Crowds and Power

Genre

Political literature

Language

German

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

Austria Europe

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Citation

Canetti, Elias. Masse und Macht [Mass and Power]. Claassen-Verlag, 1960.

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The conception of political equality from the Declaration of Independence, to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, to the Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Nineteenth Amendments can mean only one thing—one person, one vote.

William O. Douglas

Gray v. Sanders

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William O. Douglas
Source
Gray v. Sanders
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Douglas, William O. United States, Supreme Court. Gray v. Sanders. United States Reports, vol. 372, 17 June 1963, pp. 368-372. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/372/368/.

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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Albert Camus
Source
The Rebel
Genre
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Language
French
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.

Another quote originally in German

One must have chaos inside oneself to give birth to a dancing star.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
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Language
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Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1883, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 1.