Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Irreverence Sacred cows Freedom

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 20. Originally from Notebook, c. 1889.

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"Where is God gone?" he called out. "I mean to tell you! We have killed him,—you and I! We are all his murderers!

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Topic
Death of God Existence of God God Decline of religion

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 125.

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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression, even though that cost be blood.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Topic
Freedom Oppression Political theory

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois
Language
English
Time
1909 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. John Brown. George W. Jacobs and Company, 1909, ch. 13.

Current Citation

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