It is the most violent people who go for love and peace.

John Lennon

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Topic

Peace movement Human nature

Speaker

John Lennon

Source

Playboy Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Singer-songwriter Musician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Lennon, John. "Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono." Interviewed by David Sheff. Playboy, Jan. 1981.

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What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of man's ideological evolution and the universalism of Western liberal democracy.

Francis Fukuyama

The End of History?

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Topic
Cold War End of history Democracy International politics
Speaker
Francis Fukuyama
Source
The End of History?
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Fukuyama, Francis. "The End of History?" National Interest, summer 1989.

Another quote about Human nature

For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

Francis Bacon

Novum Organum

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Topic
Credulity Human nature

Author

Francis Bacon
Source
Novum Organum
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1620 1620s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. Novum Organum. London: John Beale, 1620, bk. 1, no. 49.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. The New Organon. Translated by Michael Silverthorne. Cambridge UP, 2000, bk. 1, no. 49.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

Much Madness is divinest Sense —
To a discerning Eye —
Much Sense—the starkest Madness —
'Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail —
Assent—and you are sane —
Demur—you're straightway dangerous —
And handled with a Chain —

Emily Dickinson

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Topic
Majority opinions Thinking differently

Author

Emily Dickinson
Source
Much Madness Is Divinest Sense Poems
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1886 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense." Poems by Emily Dickinson. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.