The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.

Edwin Edwards

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Topic

Political campaigns Political scandals

Speaker

Edwin Edwards

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Political joke Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Edwards, Edwin. Spoken while campaigning for governor of Louisiana. 1983, LA, USA.

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Time
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In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end.

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The Communist Manifesto

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Class conflict End of war Political theory

Author

Karl Marx
Source
The Communist Manifesto
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
German
Time
1848 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London, 1848, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and edited by Gareth Stedman Jones. Penguin Classics, 2015, pt. 2.