You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.

W.E. Gladstone

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Topic

Progress

Speaker

W.E. Gladstone

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1866 1860s 19th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

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United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gladstone, William E. Address on the reform bill. House of Commons meeting. 27 Apr. 1866, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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Politics is the art of the possible.

Otto von Bismarck

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Topic
Political compromise Political theory Politics
Speaker
Otto von Bismarck
Source
Die Gartenlaube
Medium
Newspaper
Language
German
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Von Bismark, Otto. Quoted in "Aus den Erinnerungen eines russischen Publicisten. 2. Ein Stündchen beim Kanzler des norddeutschen Bundes. In: Die Gartenlaube" ["From the memories of a Russian publicist. 2. An hour with the Chancellor of the North German Confederation. In: The Gazebo.] St. Petersburgische Zeitung, 11 Aug. 1867.

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If civilization had been left in female hands, we would still be living in grass huts.

Camille Paglia

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Topic
Progress

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Camille Paglia
Source
Sexual Personae
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1990 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. Yale University Press, 1990, ch. 1.

Another quote from 1866

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

George Eliot

Felix Holt, the Radical

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Topic
Campaign promises Politics and lies Political campaigns Elections Politics
Speaker
Felix Holt

Author

George Eliot
Source
Felix Holt, the Radical
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1866 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Eliot, George. Felix Holt, the Radical. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1866, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Eliot, George. Felix Holt, the Radical, edited by Lynda Mugglestone. Penguin Classics, 1995, ch. 5.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

We travel together, passengers on a little space ship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft. We cannot maintain it half fortunate, half miserable, half confident, half despairing, half slave-to the ancient enemies of man-half free in a liberation of resources undreamed of until this day. No craft, no crew can travel safely with such vast contradictions. On their resolution depends the survival for us all.

Adlai E. Stevenson

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Topic
Interconnectedness of all people The human condition
Speaker
Adlai E. Stevenson
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Stevenson, Adlai. Speech in Switzerland. Economic and Social Council of United Nations meeting. 9 July 1965, Geneva, Switzerland.