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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Guevara, Che. Interview with Boualam Rouissi. Libération. March 17-23, 1965.

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If I've lost Walter Cronkite I've lost Mr. Average Citizen.

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Topic
Vietnam War Media American politics
Speaker
Lyndon B. Johnson
Language
English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Johnson, Lyndon Baines. Comment to his press secretary George Christian. 27 Feb. 1968. Washington, DC, USA. Comment.

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Man is by nature a political animal.

Aristotle

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Topic
Politics Human nature

Author

Aristotle
Source
Politics
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. 350 BC, bk. 1, 1253a, l. 2-3.

Current Citation

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Another quote originally in Spanish

That's the nature of women... Not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

Miguel de Cervantes

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Topic
Nature of women
Speaker
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Author

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

Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha], vol. 1. Madrid: 1605, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, trans. John Rutherford. Penguin, 2003, pt. 1, ch. 20.