O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!

O Liberté, o liberte, que de crimes on commet en ton nom!

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Topic

Freedom

Speaker

Jeanne Manon Philipon Roland de la Platiere [Madame Roland]

Author

Alphonse de Lamartine

Source

Histoire des Girondins

Genre

Historical literature

Language

French

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Madame Roland. Last words before her execution by guillotine. 8 Nov. 1793, Paris, France.

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Another quote from the 1790s

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic
Price of freedom

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Marquis de Lafayette. 2 Apr. 1790.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "The Marquis de Lafayette, April 2, 1790." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

Another quote about Freedom

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Heinrich Heine

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Topic
Book burning Censorship Freedom of speech and expression Freedom Totalitarianism

Author

Heinrich Heine
Source
Almansor
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragic play
Language
German
Time
1821 1820s 19th century
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Citation

Heine, Heinrich. Almansor. 1821.

Another quote originally in French

FIRST LAW: In every animal... A more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually strengthens, develops and enlarges that organ... While the permanent disuse of any organ imperceptibly weakens and deteriorates it, and progressively diminishes its functional capacity, until it finally disappears.
SECOND LAW: All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature in individuals... Are preserved by reproductions to the new individuals which arise.

Jean-Baptiste Lamark

Philosophie Zoologique

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Topic
Evolution

Author

Jean-Baptiste Lamark
Source
Philosophie Zoologique
Language
French
Time
1809 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste. Philosophie zoologique [Zoological Philosophy]. Paris: Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, 1809, pt. 1, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste. Zoological Philosophy, translated by Hugh Samuel Roger Elliott. Cambridge University Press, 2011, pt. 1, ch. 7.