The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

George Orwell

Animal Farm

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Topic

Russian revolution Revolution Totalitarianism Communism Political hypocrisy

Author

George Orwell

Source

Animal Farm

Medium

Novel

Genre

Allegory Dystopian fiction

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Orwell, George. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story. Secker and Warburg, 1945, ch. 10.

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Rope

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A state without some means of change is without the means of its own conservation.

Edmund Burke

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Seeds of revolution Revolution Political gridlock Politics French Revolution

Author

Edmund Burke
Source
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 3
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Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

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Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Another quote from 1945

The buck stops here.

Harry Truman

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Topic
Political leadership Taking responsibility

Author

Harry Truman
Medium
Inscription
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Truman, Harry S. Sign on Truman's desk during his presidency. c. 1945.

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A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Publilius Syrus

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Publilius Syrus
Source
Sententiae
Medium
Epigram
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.