Goodness is chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

A Clockwork Orange

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Topic

Free will Decisions and choices Human nature

Speaker

Prison Governor

Actor

Michael Gover

Source

A Clockwork Orange

Medium

Film

Genre

Dystopian (film) Crime (film) Dystopian Crime

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

A Clockwork Orange. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Polaris Productions/Hawk Films, 1971.

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Another quote from the 1970s

We have a cancer within, close to the Presidency, that is growing.

John Dean

More information about this quote
Topic
Watergate American politics
Speaker
John Dean
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Dean, John. "Cancer on the Presidency." 21 Mar. 1973, Oval Office, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Presidental briefing.

Another quote about Decisions and choices

The die is cast.

Julius Caesar

Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Topic
No turning back Decisions and choices
Speaker
Julius Caesar

Author

Suetonius
Source
Lives of the Caesars
Genre
Biography Historical literature
Language
Latin
Time
49 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Caesar, Julius. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], by Suetonius. 121 AD.

Current Citation

Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Divus Julius." Lives of the Caesars, written by Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves. Penguin, 2007, sect. 32.