You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists.

On croit mourir pour la patrie; on meurt pour les industriels.

Anatole France

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Topic

Anti-war Dying for one's country Patriotism War

Author

Anatole France

Source

L' Humanite

Medium

Newspaper

Language

French

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

France, Anatole. "Une Lettre D'Anatole France." L'Humanite, 18 July 1922.

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If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

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Freedom of thought Pluralism

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Source
United States v. Schwimmer
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. Dissenting Opinion. United States v. Schwimmer. United States Reports, vol. 279, 27 May 1929, pp. 653-655. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/279/644/.

Another quote about War

To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely a provocative epigram for those who must make their arrangements in the world as given.

John Updike

Self-Consciousness

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War

Author

John Updike
Source
Self-Consciousness
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989, ch. 4.

Another quote originally in French

To laugh is proper to man.

Francois Rabelais

Gargantua and Pantagruel

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Topic
Laughter

Author

Francois Rabelais
Source
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Medium
Novel
Genre
Satirical fiction Satire
Language
French
Time
1534 1530s 16th century
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Original Citation

Rabelais, Francois [published as Alcofribas Nasier]. Les horribles et épouvantables faits et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel Roi des Dipsodes, fils du Grand Géant Gargantua [The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua]. Vol. 1, 1532, bk. 1, prefatory note.

Current Citation

Rabelais, Francois. Gargantua & Pantagruel. Dover Publications, 2016, bk. 1, prefatory note.