Desperation

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Necessity knows no law.

Mark Twain

The Innocents Abroad

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Topic

Desperation Causes of crime Crime Law

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Innocents Abroad

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869, ch. 51.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress. Random House Publishing Group, 2003, ch. 51.

Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose.

Janis Joplin

Me and Bobby McGee

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Topic

Nothing to lose Freedom Desperation

Speaker

Janis Joplin

Source

Me and Bobby McGee Pearl (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Country music

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Kristofferson, Kris and Fred Foster. "Me and Bobby McGee." Performed by Janis Joplin. Pearl. Columbia Records, 1971.

Necessity hath no law.

Oliver Cromwell

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Topic

Morality as luxury Desperation Causes of crime Crime Law and poverty

Speaker

Oliver Cromwell

Source

Speech to the First Protectorate Parliament (Speech)

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1654 1650s 17th century

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Citation

Cromwell, Oliver. Speech to the First Protectorate Parliament. 12 Sept. 1654, London, England, UK.

Tempt not a desp'rate man.

William Shakespeare

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Topic

Nothing to lose Desperation

Speaker

Romeo Montague

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 5, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Romeo and Juliet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 3.

You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

In the First Circle

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Topic

Nothing to lose Freedom Oppression Desperation Liberation

Author

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Source

In the First Circle

Medium

Novel

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Russian

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksander. В круге первом [In the First Circle]. Collins & Harvill Press/‎Harper & Row, 1968, ch. 17.

Necessity knows no law except to prevail.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

Necessity Desperation Moral theory

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

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