“As a Member of Parliament, he made a mark opposing policies he thought were harmful and was strongly against growth of monopolies with state patronage.”
PM Chandrashekhar - A firebrand idealist
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Vladimir Lenin book The State and Revolution
2.2, Essential Works of Lenin (1966)
The State and Revolution (1917)
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman
Speech to the Electors of Bristol (3 November 1774); as published in The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke (1834)
1770s
“If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him.”
Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English writer
Act IV, scene 1
The Devil Is an Ass (performed 1616; published 1631)
Joseph McCarthy (1908–1957) Wisconsin politician
Attributed to a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia (9 February 1950), as printed in the Wheeling Intelligencer. At dispute is whether McCarthy claimed 205 names, as many historical accounts say, or 57 names, as McCarthy said on the Senate floor; see Congressional Record (20 February 1950) http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/government. McCarthy admitted using the number 205 in speeches, but in reference to a statistic for which he had no names. Eyewitnesses to the speech remember him referring to both figures at different points. McCarthy provided a copy of his list to Sen. Millard Tydings on request; it had 81 names, some of which had handwritten annotations. He refused to disclose all of the names publicly unless given access to relevant government files, citing libel concerns. See also Blacklisted from History (2007) by M. Stanton Evans. <br class="br">Disputed
Nawal El-Saadawi (1931) Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist
The Hidden Face of Eve (1980)
Context: Many people think that female circumcision only started with the advent of Islam. But as a matter of fact it is well known and widespread in some areas of the world before the Islamic era, including the Arabian peninsula. Mohammad the Prophet tried to oppose this custom since he considered it harmful to the sexual health of the woman.
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech to the 1900 Club at Grosvenor House, London (10 June 1936) on the Italo-Abyssinian War, quoted in The Times (11 June 1936), p. 10
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Benito Mussolini book The Doctrine of Fascism
"The Doctrine of Fascism" Firenze: Vallecchi Editore (1935 version), p. 13
1930s
Philip Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy
Source: His Dark Materials, The Subtle Knife (1997), Ch. 15 : Bloodmoss