We hear war called murder. It is not: it is suicide.

Ramsay MacDonald

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Topic

Nature of war War

Author

Ramsay MacDonald

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

MacDonald, Ramsay. Observer. 4 May 1930.

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Sweeney

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T.S. Eliot
Source
Fragment of an Agon
Language
English
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
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Citation

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War is to man as motherhood is to woman.

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Topic
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Speaker
Benito Mussolini
Language
Italian
Time
1934 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Mussolini, Benito. Speech in Italy. 26 May 1934, Chamber of Deputies, Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome, Italy.

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Curiosity...is a Lust of the mind.

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Leviathan

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Topic
Curiosity

Author

Thomas Hobbes
Source
Leviathan
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1651 1650s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 6.