It is easier to make war than to make peace.

Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que la paix.

Georges Clemenceau

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Topic

War and peace War Peace

Speaker

Georges Clemenceau

Source

Speech on Peace

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

French

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

France Europe

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Citation

Clemenceau, Georges. "Discours de Paix [Speech on Peace]." 20 July 1919, Verdun, France.

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My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.

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James Joyce
Source
Araby Dubliners
Medium
Short story
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Joyce, James. “Araby.” Dubliners. Grant Richards Ltd., 1914.

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God has pity on kindergarten children.
He has less pity on school children.
And on grownups he has no pity at all,
he leaves them alone,
and sometimes they must crawl on all fours
in the burning sand
to reach the first-aid station
covered with blood.

Yehuda Amichai

God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children

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War

Author

Yehuda Amichai
Source
God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children
Medium
Poem
Language
Hebrew
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Amichai, Yehuda. "God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children." Now and in Other Days. 1955.

Another quote from 1919

Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Rosa Luxemburg

The Russian Revolution

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Topic
Minority rights Freedom

Author

Rosa Luxemburg
Source
The Russian Revolution
Genre
Political literature Historical literature
Language
German
Time
1919 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Russian Revolution." The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism? Trans. Bertram Wolfe. University of Michigan Press, 1961, ch. 6. Originally, Die russische Revolution [The Russian Revolution]. Paul Levi, 1922, ch. 6.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln

Gettysburg Address

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Topic
American Civil War American politics
Speaker
Abraham Lincoln
Source
Gettysburg Address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1863 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Gettysburg Address." At the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. 19 Nov. 1863, Gettysburg, PA, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Another quote originally in French

An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas cannot be resisted.

Victor Hugo

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Topic
Power of ideas

Author

Victor Hugo
Source
The History of a Crime
Language
French
Time
1878 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Hugo, Victor. Histoire d'un crime [The History of a Crime]. Paris: Calmann-Levy, c. 1878, conclusion, ch. 10.