Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.

Vladimir Lenin

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Topic

Communism

Author

Vladimir Lenin

Statement Type

Definition

Language

Russian

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Marxist revolutionary Marxist Revolutionary Politician

From

Russia Europe

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Original Citation

Lenin, Vladimir. "Our Foreign and Domestic Position and Party Tasks." The Moscow Gubernia Conference Of The R.C.P.(B.). 21 Nov. 1920, Moscow, Russia. Speech.

Current Citation

Lenin, Vladimir. Quoted in Communism, written by Mark Sandle. Routledge, 2014.

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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately expressed in violence to the evildoer. I am endeavoring to show to my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiples evil and that evil can only be sustained by violence.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Topic
Civil disobedience Fighting injustice
Speaker
Mahatma Gandhi
Medium
Courtroom speech Speech
Language
English
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. Statement made at his trial. The Great Trial of 1922. 23 Mar. 1922, Ahmadabad, India.

Current Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. The Power of Nonviolent Resistance: Selected Writings, edited by Tridip Suhrud. Penguin Classics, 2019, pt. 1, ch. 9.

Another quote from 1920

No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.

Margaret Sanger

Woman and the New Race

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Topic
Women's rights

Author

Margaret Sanger
Source
Woman and the New Race
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Sanger, Margaret. Woman and the New Race. Brentano's, 1920, ch. 8.

Another quote originally in Russian

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.

Leo Tolstoy

What Is Art?

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Topic
Purpose of art

Author

Leo Tolstoy
Source
What Is Art?
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. What is Art? London: The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. What Is Art? Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 1996.

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What is Love?... It is the morning and the evening star.

Sinclair Lewis

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Nature of love Love

Author

Sinclair Lewis
Source
Elmer Gantry
Medium
Novel
Genre
Satire
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1927 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1927, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Signet, 2007, ch. 20.