Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Winston Churchill

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Topic

Dictators Authoritarianism

Author

Winston Churchill

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Churchill, Winston. Letter. 11 Nov. 1937.

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Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Winston Churchill

Speech at Harrow School, October 29, 1941

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Never giving up Persistence
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Winston Churchill
Source
Speech at Harrow School, October 29, 1941
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Never Give In." 29 Oct. 1941, Harrow School, Harrow, England, UK. Speech.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "'Never give in!', 29 October 1941, Harrow School." Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches. A&C Black, 2013.

Another quote from the 1930s

It was all a nothing and a man was nothing too. It was only that and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada. Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.

Ernest Hemingway

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Topic
Meaninglessness

Author

Ernest Hemingway
Source
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Medium
Short story
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." Scribner's Magazine, Mar. 1933.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Scribner, 1998.

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Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Topic
Freedom Liberation The human condition

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
The Social Contract
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1762 1760s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 1, ch. 1.