1900

Explore 12 quotes from the year 1900

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Carrots and sticks Diplomacy International politics

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

Letters of Theodore Roosevelt

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Letter to Henry L. Sprague. 26 Jan. 1900.

There is a weird power in a spoken word... And a word carries far—very far—deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.

Joseph Conrad

Lord Jim

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Topic

Power of words Language

Author

Joseph Conrad

Source

Lord Jim

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 19th century

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Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Lord Jim: A Sketch." Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, Oct. 1899-Nov. 1900.

In life, as in a foot-ball game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard!

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Going for it

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "The American Boy." St. Nicholas Magazine, May 1900.

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Topic

Race relations

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois

Source

To the Nations of the World

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "To the Nations of the World." Pan-African Conference. 25 July 1900, London, England, UK. Address.

The best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Booker T. Washington

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Topic

Helping others Cooperation and collaboration Personal growth

Author

Booker T. Washington

Source

The Story of My Life and Work

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Washington, Booker T. The Story of My Life and Work. W. H. Ferguson Co., 1900.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Booker T. Washington

Up From Slavery

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Topic

Manual labor Work

Author

Booker T. Washington

Source

Up From Slavery

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Washington, Booker T. "Up from Slavery." The Outlook, 1900.

Current Citation

Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery. Dover Publications, 1995.

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

John Churton Collins

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Topic

Truth Philosophy Philosophers

Author

John Churton Collins

Source

Some Maxims and Reflections The English Review

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Collins, Churton. "Some Maxims and Reflections." The English Review, c. 1914.

There can be only one permanent revolution-a moral one.

Leo Tolstoy

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Topic

Moral progress Revolution Morality

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Three Methods of Reform

Medium

Essay

Language

Russian

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Three Methods of Reform." Pamphlets: Translated from the Russian. Free Age Press, 1900.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy

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Topic

Change starts at home Self-improvement Personal growth Change Progress

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Three Methods of Reform

Medium

Essay

Language

Russian

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Three Methods of Reform." Pamphlets: Translated from the Russian. Free Age Press, 1900.

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

Carrie Chapman Catt

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Topic

Custom and convention Law and culture Law

Speaker

Carrie Chapman Catt

Source

Why We Ask for the Submission of an Amendment

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 19th century

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Citation

Catt, Carrie Chapman. "Why We Ask for the Submission of an Amendment." U.S. Senate Committee meeting. 13 Feb. 1900, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

John Burroughs

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Topic

The mind

Author

John Burroughs

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "The Modern Skeptic." The Light of Day. Houghton Mifflin, 1900.

We believe that out of the public school grows the greatness of a nation.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Public education Education

Speaker

Mark Twain

Source

Public Education Association

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Twain, Mark. "Public Education Association." 23 Nov. 1900, Berkeley Lyceum, New York, NY, USA.