The world is what it is.

V.S. Naipaul

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Topic

Impossibility of progress The world

Author

V.S. Naipaul

Source

A Bend in the River

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Novelist Writer

From

Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean

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Citation

Naipaul, V. S. A Bend in the River. Alfred A Knopf, 1979, pt. 1.

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If the right of privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision whether to bear or beget a child.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

Eisentadt v. Baird

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Topic
Right to privacy Contraception

Author

William J. Brennan, Jr.
Source
Eisentadt v. Baird
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1972 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Brennan, William J, Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Eisentadt v. Baird. United States Reports, vol. 405, 22 Mar. 1972, pp. 438-472. supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/405/438/.

Another quote about The world

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

Voltaire

Candide

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Topic
Problem of evil Nature of the world The world
Speaker
Pangloss

Author

Voltaire
Source
Candide
Medium
Novel
Genre
Satire
Language
French
Time
1759 1750s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 1.