I have seen the future; and it works.

Lincoln Steffens

Following a visit to the Soviet Union in 1919.

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Technological progress The future

Author

Lincoln Steffens

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Steffens, Lincoln. The Letters of Lincoln Steffens. Vol. 1, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. Originally a letter to Marie Howe, 3 Apr. 1919.

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Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude is, in one sense, overcome.

George Santayana

Introduction to Spinoza's Ethics

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Topic
Overcoming fear

Author

George Santayana
Source
Introduction to Spinoza's Ethics
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1910 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Santayana, George. Introduction. Ethics, by Spinoza, translated by A. Boyle. Everyman's Library, 1910, introduction.

Another quote about The future

I am interested in the future because I expect to spend the rest of my life in the future.

Charles F. Kettering

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Topic
The future
Speaker
Charles F. Kettering
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Kettering, Charles F. Spoken during a luncheon. Joint luncheon held by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Advertising Club. July 1939, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Another quote from 1919

Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Rosa Luxemburg

The Russian Revolution

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Topic
Minority rights Freedom

Author

Rosa Luxemburg
Source
The Russian Revolution
Genre
Political literature Historical literature
Language
German
Time
1919 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Russian Revolution." The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism? Trans. Bertram Wolfe. University of Michigan Press, 1961, ch. 6. Originally, Die russische Revolution [The Russian Revolution]. Paul Levi, 1922, ch. 6.