Revolution do not stand still.

Rosa Luxemburg

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The only constant is change Revolution Political progress Politics

Author

Rosa Luxemburg

Source

The Beginning The Red Flag

Language

German

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Marxist Philosopher Activist

From

Poland Europe

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Original Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Beginning." Die Rote Fahne [The Red Flag], 18 Nov. 1918.

Current Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Beginning." The Rosa Luxemburg Reader. New York University Press, 2004.

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To believe in God is to yearn for His existence and, furthermore, it is to act as if He did exist.

Miguel de Unamuno

The Tragic Sense of Life

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Belief in God

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Miguel de Unamuno
Source
The Tragic Sense of Life
Language
Spanish
Time
1912 1910s 20th century
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Citation

De Unamuno, Miguel. Del Sentimiento Tragico de la Vida [The Tragic Sense of Life]. Sociedad anónima Editorial, 1913, ch. 8.

Another quote about Revolution

The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the Minds and Hearts of the People.

John Adams

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Topic
American Revolution Revolution Politics

Author

John Adams
Source
Letters of John Adams
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1818 1810s 19th century
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Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to Hezekiah Niles. 13 Feb. 1818.

Current Citation

“From John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, 13 February 1818,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-6854.

Another quote from 1918

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought, and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Towne v. Eisner

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Meaning of words Words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Source
Towne v. Eisner
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1918 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Towne v. Eisner. United States Reports, vol. 245, 7 Jan. 1918, pp. 418-427. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/245/418/.

Another quote originally in German

Men have gained control over the forces of nature to such an extent that with their help they could have no difficulty in exterminating one another to the last man. They know this, and hence comes a large part of their current unrest, their unhappiness and their mood of anxiety.

Sigmund Freud

Civilization and Its Discontents

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Downsides of technology

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Sigmund Freud
Source
Civilization and Its Discontents
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1930 1930s 20th century
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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [The Discomfort in Culture]. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag Wien, 1930, pt. 8.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and Its Discontents, translated by James Strachey. W. W. Norton & Company, 2021, pt. 8.