When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.

Quand les riches se font la guerre, ce sont les pauvres qui meurent.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Topic

War Rich vs. poor

Speaker

Nasti

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

The Devil and the Good Lord

Medium

Play

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Sartre, Jean-Paul. Le Diable et le be Dieu. [The Devil & the Good Lord]. 1951.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean-Paul. "The Devil & the Good Lord." The Devil & the Good Lord and Two Other Plays Vintage, 1962.

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Another quote from the 1950s

Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.

Werner Heisenberg

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Topic
Tools

Author

Werner Heisenberg
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1958 1950s 20th century
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Original Citation

Heisenberg, Werner. "An Old and a New Tradition." Gifford Lectures. Winter term 1955-1956, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.

Current Citation

Heisenberg, Werner. Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science. Harper Perennial, 2007, ch. 1.

Another quote about War

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

Wilfred Owen

Dulce et Decorum Est

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Topic
Horrors of war War

Author

Wilfred Owen
Source
Dulce et Decorum Est
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." 1963, I. 21.

Current Citation

Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen. New Directions, 1965, p. 55, I. 21.

Another quote originally in French

Lighter than a cork I danced on the waves.

Arthur Rimbaud

The Drunken Boat

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Topic
Ocean and sea

Author

Arthur Rimbaud
Source
The Drunken Boat
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1871 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. Le Bateau Ivre [The Drunken Boat]. Les Poetes maudits. Edited by Paul Verlaine. 1884.

Current Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le bateau ivre/The Drunken Boat." Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, a Bilingual Edition. Translated by Wallace Fowlie. Revised by Seth Whidden. U of Chicago P, 2005.

Another quote of the following type Irony

There is no racial bigotry here! I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops, or greasers! Here, you are all equally worthless!

Gunnery Sargent Hartman

Full Metal Jacket

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Topic
Equality Racism Bigotry
Speaker
Gunnery Sargent Hartman
Actor
Ronald Lee Ermey
Source
Full Metal Jacket
Medium
Film
Genre
War (film) War
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Full Metal Jacket. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Natant/Harrier Films, 1987.