The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

Che Guevara

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Topic

Conditions for revolution Revolution Revolutionary politics Politics

Author

Che Guevara

Source

Libération (Newspaper)

Medium

Interview

Language

Spanish

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Marxist revolutionary Revolutionary Marxist

From

Argentina South America

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Citation

Guevara, Che. Interviewed by Boualam Rouissi. Libération, 17-23 Mar. 1965.

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Time
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Citation

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I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

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Topic
Political scandals American politics Politics
Speaker
Bill Clinton
Medium
Press conference
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1998 1990s 20th century
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Another quote originally in Spanish

Love and War are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.

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Topic
Love and war

Author

Miguel de Cervantes
Source
Don Quixote
Medium
Novel
Language
Spanish
Time
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De Cervantes, Miguel. Segunda Parte Del ingenioso caballero don Quixote de la Mancha [The Second Part of Don Quixote de la Mancha]. Spain: Francisco de Robles, 1615.

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De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.