It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Il vaut mieux mourir debout que de vivre a genoux!

Dolores Ibarruri

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Topic

Dignity Pride Resistance

Speaker

Dolores Ibarruri

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

French

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Communist Politician

From

Spain Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ibarruri, Dolores. Speech delivered at a mass meeting. 3 Sept. 1936, Winter Velodrome, Paris, France.

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Topic
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Citation

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A house is a machine for living in.

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Topic
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Author

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Source
Toward an Architecture
Medium
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Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Corbusier, Le. Vers une Architecture. Editions G. Crès et Cie., 1923.

Current Citation

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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!

Karl Marx

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Topic
Redistribution of wealth Socialism Communism Political theory Politics

Author

Karl Marx
Source
Critique of the Gotha Programme
Genre
Political literature Economic literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Kritik des Gothaer Programms [Critique of the Gotha Programme]. Berlin: Friedrich Engels, 1891, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. Critique of the Gotha Program, translated by Kevin B. Anderson. PM Press, 2022, pt. 1.