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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Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be.

James Baldwin

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Topic
Nature of freedom Liberation Freedom

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James Baldwin
Source
Notes for a Hypothetical Novel Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Topic
Political faction Political conflict Political theory Politics

Author

James Madison
Source
Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Another quote originally in Spanish

To believe in God is to yearn for His existence and, furthermore, it is to act as if He did exist.

Miguel de Unamuno

The Tragic Sense of Life

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Topic
Belief in God

Author

Miguel de Unamuno
Source
The Tragic Sense of Life
Language
Spanish
Time
1912 1910s 20th century
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Citation

De Unamuno, Miguel. Del Sentimiento Tragico de la Vida [The Tragic Sense of Life]. Sociedad anónima Editorial, 1913, ch. 8.