Citizens, would you want a revolution without revolution?

Citoyens, vouliez-vous une revolution sans revolution?

Maximilien Robespierre

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French Revolution Revolution

Author

Maximilien Robespierre

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

French

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Revolutionary

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France Europe

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Citation

Robespierre, Maximilien. Response a J. B. Louvet [Answer to Louvet's Accusation]. 5 Nov. 1792.

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The cistern contains: the fountain overflows.

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Blake, William. "Proverbs of Hell." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

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Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.

Kwame Nkrumah

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Consciencism
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Philosophical literature Political literature
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1964 1960s 20th century
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Nkrumah, Kwame. Consciencism. Monthly Review Press, 1964, ch. 2.

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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Winston Churchill

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Winston Churchill
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Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Churchill, Winston. "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat." House of Commons meeting. 13 May 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

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Churchill, Winston. "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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Things are always at their best in their beginning.

Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal
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French
Time
1656 1650s 17th century
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Pascal, Blaise [published as Louis de Montalte]. "February 25, 1656." Les Provinciales ou Les Lettres Escrites [The Provincial Letters]. c. 1657, letter 4.