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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Another quote from the 1960s

I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita…"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Topic
Nuclear weapons
Speaker
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Source
The Decison to Drop the Bomb
Medium
Film
Genre
Documentary (film)
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Oppenheimer, J. Robert. Quoted in NBC White Paper: The Decision to Drop the Bomb. Narrated by Chet Huntley, directed by Fred Freed and Len Giovannitti, written by Fred Freed, 5 Jan. 1965, NBC.

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Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

Germaine Greer

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Topic
Revolution Politics

Author

Germaine Greer
Source
The Female Eunuch
Genre
Feminist literature
Language
English
Time
1970 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Greer, Germaine. The Female Eunuch. MacGibbon & Kee, 1970.

Another quote originally in Spanish

I was so free with him as not to mince the matter.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Topic
Candor Honesty

Author

Miguel de Cervantes
Source
Don Quixote
Medium
Novel
Language
Spanish
Time
1605 1600s 16th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

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