These are my politics: to change what we can; to better what we can; but still to bear in mind that man is but a devil weakly fettered by some generous beliefs and impositions; and for no word however nobly sounding, and no cause however just and pious, to relax the stricture of these bonds.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Politics and human nature Human nature Political theory

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Language

English

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis and Fanny Stevenson. "Epilogue of the Cigar Divan." More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1885.

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The untented Kosmos my abode,
I pass, a willful stranger;
My mistress still the open road
And the bright eyes of danger.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic
Adventure The open road

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1894 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Youth and Love." Songs of Travel. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896, st. 3.

Another quote from the 1880s

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

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Topic
Dangerous ideas Power of ideas

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Beyond Good and Evil
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
German
Time
1886 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 4, no. 146.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4, no. 146.

Another quote about Political theory

Politics is the art of the possible.

Otto von Bismarck

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Political compromise Political theory Politics
Speaker
Otto von Bismarck
Source
Die Gartenlaube
Medium
Newspaper
Language
German
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Von Bismark, Otto. Quoted in "Aus den Erinnerungen eines russischen Publicisten. 2. Ein Stündchen beim Kanzler des norddeutschen Bundes. In: Die Gartenlaube" ["From the memories of a Russian publicist. 2. An hour with the Chancellor of the North German Confederation. In: The Gazebo.] St. Petersburgische Zeitung, 11 Aug. 1867.