Prophecies and predictions

Explore 51 quotes of the following type: Prophecies and predictions

The number of casualties will be more than any of us can bear.

Rudy Giuliani

Said in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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Topic

9-11 Terrorism

Speaker

Rudy Giuliani

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Giuliani, Rudolph. On the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. 11 Sept. 2001, New York, NY, USA.

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14

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Topic

Jesus

Source

Isaiah The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

Hebrew

Time

681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 7:14).

I cannot help it that my pictures do not sell. Nevertheless the time will come when people will see that they are worth more than the price of the paint.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Starving artist Art market Art

Author

Vincent Van Gogh

Source

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

French

Time

1888 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 25 Oct. 1888.

Current Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

There'll be great Presidents again-and the Johnsons are wonderful, they've been wonderful to me-but there'll never be another Camelot again.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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American Presidency American politics

Author

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Source

Life Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Kennedy-Onassis, Jacqueline. Life Magazine. 6 Dec. 1963.

The striking incidents of your history, replete with instruction and furnishing abundant grounds for hopeful confidence, are comprised in a period comparatively brief. But if your past is limited, your future is boundless. Its obligations throng the unexplored pathway of advancement, and will be limitless as duration.

Franklin Pierce

Inaugural Address of Franklin Pierce

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American optimism American pride

Speaker

Franklin Pierce

Source

Inaugural Address of Franklin Pierce Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1853 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Pierce, Franklin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1853, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Whilst you are proclaiming peace and good will to men, emancipating all nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over wives. But you must remember that arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken-and notwithstanding all your wise laws and maxims we have it in our power not only to be free ourselves but to subdue our masters, and without violence throw both your natural and legal authority at our feet.

Abigail Adams

Letter to John Adams, 1776

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Topic

Oppression of women

Author

Abigail Adams

Source

Letter to John Adams, 1776 Letters of Abigail Adams

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Threat Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

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Original Citation

Adams, Abigail. Letter to John Adams. 7 May 1776.

Current Citation

Adams, Abigail. My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor. Belknap Press, 2010.

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.

John Brown

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Slavery American Civil War America

Author

John Brown

Source

LAST WORDS

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Brown, John. Quoted in John Brown and His Men, written by R. J. Hinton. Funk and Wagnals, 1894. Originally was his last written words, 2 Dec. 1859.

When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals... The love of money as a possession—as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life—will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity, one of those semi-criminal, semi-pathological propensities which one hands over with a shudder to the specialists in mental disease.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic

Corrosive effects of wealth Wealth Capitalism

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Source

Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren

Medium

Essay

Genre

Economic literature

Statement Type

Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren." The Nation and Athenaeum, 11 and 18 Oct. 1930.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren (1930)." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016.

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

Thomas Love Peacock

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Scientific progress Science

Speaker

The Rev. Dr. Opimian

Author

Thomas Love Peacock

Source

Gryll Grange

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Peacock, Thomas Love. "Gryll Grange." Fraser's Magazine, 1860.

At eleven o'clock this morning came to an end the cruelest and most terrible war that has ever scourged mankind. I hope we may say thus, this fateful morning, came to an end all wars.

David Lloyd George

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Topic

World War I

Speaker

David Lloyd George

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

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Citation

George, David Lloyd. Address about the signing of an armistice. House of Commons. 11 Nov. 1918, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

Alexander Hamilton

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Topic

National debt

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Letters of Alexander Hamilton

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1781 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. Letter to Robert Morris. 30 Apr. 1781.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "From Alexander Hamilton toRobert Morris, [30 April 1781]." Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-1167.