William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) British Liberal politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom
Letter to Lord Southesk (27 October 1885)
1880s
Indicating his stub of his missing arm during the battle of Copenhagen, as quoted in Nelson and the Hamiltons (1969) by Jack Russell, p. 238
1800s
William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) British Liberal politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom
Letter to Lord Southesk (27 October 1885)
1880s
George Harrison (1943–2001) British musician, former member of the Beatles
My Sweet Lord (1970)
Lyrics
Thomas Jackson (1824–1863) Confederate general
Words on his deathbed (9 - 10 May 1863); as quoted in "Stonewall Jackson's Last Days" by Joe D. Haines, Jr. in America's Civil War http://www.historynet.com/magazines/american_civil_war/3031406.html
Julian of Norwich (1342–1416) English theologian and anchoress
The Twelfth Revelation, Chapter 26
Context: After this our Lord shewed Himself more glorified, as to my sight, than I saw Him before wherein I was learned that our soul shall never have rest till it cometh to Him, knowing that He is fulness of joy, homely and courteous, blissful and very life.
Our Lord Jesus oftentimes said: I IT AM, I IT AM: I IT AM that is highest, I IT AM that thou lovest, I IT AM that thou enjoyest, I IT AM that thou servest, I IT AM that thou longest for, I IT AM that thou desirest, I IT AM that thou meanest, I IT AM that is all. I IT AM that Holy Church preacheth and teacheth thee, I IT AM that shewed me here to thee. The number of the words passeth my wit and all my understanding and all my powers. And they are the highest, as to my sight: for therein is comprehended — I cannot tell, — but the joy that I saw in the Shewing of them passeth all that heart may wish for and soul may desire. Therefore the words be not declared here; but every man after the grace that God giveth him in understanding and loving, receive them in our Lord’s meaning.
Bhakti Tirtha Swami (1950–2005) American Hindu writer
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Books, The Beggar, Volume I: Meditations and Prayers on the Supreme Lord (Hari-Nama Press, 1994)
“My Lord, I am sure I can save this country, and no one else can.”
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778) British politician
Said to the Duke of Devonshire in 1756, quoted in Horace Walpole, Memoirs of King George II (Yale University Press, 1985), III, p. 1.
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Disputed
Joan of Arc (1412–1431) French folk heroine and Roman Catholic saint
Often misquoted as I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
As given in The Life of Joan of Arc (1909) by Anatole France, tr. Winifred Stevens, vol. i, p. 97, referencing Trials, vol. i, p. 449.