What a glorious morning is this.

Samuel Adams

On hearing gunfire at Lexington, 19 April 1775.

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Topic

American Revolution Revolution

Speaker

Samuel Adams

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1775 1770s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Adams, Samuel. Quoted by Edward Everett. Address. 19 Apr. 1835. Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.

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There is a strong shadow where there is much light.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Metaphor, analogy and simile
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Time
1773 1770s 18th century
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Citation

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Gotz von Berlichingen. 1773, act 1.

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Every revolutionary ends as an oppressor or a heretic.

Albert Camus

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Revolutionaries Revolution Political theory Politics

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Rebel
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
French
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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

Current Citation

Camus, Albert. The Rebel. Translated by Anthony Bower. Vintage, 1992.

Another quote from 1775

Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here!

John Parker

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Topic
American Revolution
Speaker
John Parker
Language
English
Time
1775 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Parker, John. To his Minute Men at Lexington, Massachusetts. Battle of Lexington. 19 April 1775. Lexington Green, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.

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This war no longer bears the characteristics of former inter-European conflicts. It is one of those elemental conflicts which usher in a new millennium and which shake the world once in a thousand years.

Adolf Hitler

Speech to the Reichstag, April 26, 1942

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World War II
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Adolf Hitler
Source
Speech to the Reichstag, April 26, 1942
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
German
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Hitler, Adolf. Speech to the Reichstag. 26 Apr. 1942, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany. Address.