Quotes by Category
A new Socrates
The Sickness unto Death (1849)
Was born on:
05.05.1813
About Author: Danish philosopher, theologian, religious author, and psychologist
Author Photo Source: Royal Library of Denmark
About Author: Danish philosopher, theologian, religious author, and psychologist
Author Photo Source: Royal Library of Denmark
A quote for a son
Ninoy's letter to Noynoy (Benigno Aquino III), August 25, 1973
Was born on:
27.11.1932
About Author: Philippine politician
About Author: Philippine politician
A sacred legacy
Ninoy's Last Speech, supposed to be read on Aug. 21, 1983
Was born on:
27.11.1932
About Author: Philippine politician
About Author: Philippine politician
About religion
Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, delivered 12 September 1960 at the Rice Hotel in Houston, TX
Was born on:
29.05.1917
About Author: 35th President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: 35th President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
Absolute victory
Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation, delivered on December 8, 1941
Was born on:
30.01.1882
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
Active not passive
First Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1933
Was born on:
30.01.1882
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
Alliance for progress
Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1961
Was born on:
29.05.1917
About Author: 35th President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: 35th President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
America where people can still get rich
Republican congressional dinner, Washington D. C., May 4, 1982
Was born on:
06.02.1911
About Author: 40th President of the United States
About Author: 40th President of the United States
American constitution
First Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1933
Was born on:
30.01.1882
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
American Negro
Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Voting Legislation
We Shall Overcome, delivered 15 March 1965, Washington, D.C.
We Shall Overcome, delivered 15 March 1965, Washington, D.C.
Was born on:
27.08.1908
About Author: 36th President of the United States
About Author: 36th President of the United States
American Negroes
Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Voting Legislation
We Shall Overcome, delivered 15 March 1965, Washington, D.C.
We Shall Overcome, delivered 15 March 1965, Washington, D.C.
Was born on:
27.08.1908
About Author: 36th President of the United States
About Author: 36th President of the United States
An American problem
Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Voting Legislation
We Shall Overcome, delivered 15 March 1965, Washington, D.C.
We Shall Overcome, delivered 15 March 1965, Washington, D.C.
Was born on:
27.08.1908
About Author: 36th President of the United States
About Author: 36th President of the United States
An empire is like a cake
Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One, The Public Advertiser, September 11, 1773
Was born on:
17.01.1706
About Author: American author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat
About Author: American author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat
Art of governing
Letter to Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, August 9, 1796
Was born on:
15.08.1769
About Author: Military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I
About Author: Military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I
Better world
Acceptance Speech, Nobel Peace Prize 1989
Was born on:
06.07.1935
About Author: 14th Dalai Lama
About Author: 14th Dalai Lama
Black Nationalism
The Ballot or the Bullet, delivered 12 April, 1964 in Detroit, MI
Was born on:
19.05.1925
About Author: African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
Born in Afghanistan
Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, December 2001, www.nobelprize.org
Was born on:
08.04.1938
About Author: Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations
Author Photo Source: mobilkom austria
About Author: Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations
Author Photo Source: mobilkom austria
Celebration of freedom
Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1961
Was born on:
29.05.1917
About Author: 35th President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: 35th President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
Chinese independence
On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism
Was born on:
26.12.1893
About Author: Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader
Author Photo Source: Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh
About Author: Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader
Author Photo Source: Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh
Clean environment
The Conscience of a Majority (1970)
Was born on:
15.07.1938
About Author: Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California, 1969–1983
About Author: Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California, 1969–1983
Collective responsibility
Final speech as United Nations Secretary General, December 2006, BBC News
Was born on:
08.04.1938
About Author: Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations
Author Photo Source: mobilkom austria
About Author: Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations
Author Photo Source: mobilkom austria
Communism
Economic & Philosophical Manuscipts, 1844
Was born on:
05.05.1818
About Author: German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary
About Author: German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary
Complete victory
Letter to George E. Pickett, Feb. 22, 1841
Was born on:
12.02.1809
About Author: 16th President of the United States
Author Photo Source: United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division
About Author: 16th President of the United States
Author Photo Source: United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division
Conservation
Conservation Activism is a Healthy Sign, Baltimore Sun, May 4, 1970
Was born on:
19.10.1918
About Author: American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and fiction author
About Author: American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and fiction author
Cows can be eaten
Interview with Oriana Fallaci, 1975
Was born on:
19.11.1917
About Author: Prime Minister of the Republic of India from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984
About Author: Prime Minister of the Republic of India from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984
Day of infamy
Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation, delivered on December 8, 1941
Was born on:
30.01.1882
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
Defeat terror and extremism
Speech at the Brandenburg Gate, 24th of July 2008, Time Magazine
Was born on:
04.08.1961
About Author: 44th and current President of the United States
Author Photo Source: stern.de
About Author: 44th and current President of the United States
Author Photo Source: stern.de
Diplomacy
The Devil's Dictionary, 1948
About Author: American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist
Discipline
First Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1933
Was born on:
30.01.1882
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
Discussion not coercion
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People (1957)
Was born on:
26.12.1893
About Author: Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader
Author Photo Source: Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh
About Author: Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader
Author Photo Source: Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh
Don't wait for impact
Speech at Campus Progress National Student Conference, July 13, 2005
Was born on:
19.08.1946
About Author: 42nd President of the United States
About Author: 42nd President of the United States
Draining money
Wealth of Nations (1776), Book V, Chapter II
Was born on:
05.06.1723
About Author: Scottish philosopher and a pioneer of political economics
About Author: Scottish philosopher and a pioneer of political economics
Dream
I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
Was born on:
15.01.1929
About Author: American clergyman, activist and Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
About Author: American clergyman, activist and Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
Duty of citizens
Treasury for the Free World, 1946
Was born on:
14.03.1879
About Author: Jewish, German-born physicist
About Author: Jewish, German-born physicist
English and America
Reader's Digest, November 1942
Was born on:
26.07.1856
About Author: Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics
About Author: Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics
Everything for all
Speech, May 10, 1994
Was born on:
18.07.1918
About Author: President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
About Author: President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
Fear
First Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1933
Was born on:
30.01.1882
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
About Author: 32nd President of the United States
Author Photo Source: wikimedia.org
Following party law
Manifesto of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (1947)
Was born on:
26.12.1893
About Author: Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader
Author Photo Source: Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh
About Author: Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader
Author Photo Source: Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh
For public policy, listen to everyone
Reader's Digest (2004)
Was born on:
25.09.1952
About Author: American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter and author
About Author: American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter and author
For whites only
I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
Was born on:
15.01.1929
About Author: American clergyman, activist and Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
About Author: American clergyman, activist and Nobel Peace Prize (1964)