“I determined to rule in broad daylight or not at all”
Alexander Mackenzie (1822–1892) 2nd Prime Minister of Canada
letter a friend September 21, 1878 reflecting on his election loss Buckingham page 518
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French writer 1850–1893Related quotes
“I was drowning in broad daylight and no one could tell.”
Sarah Dessen book Dreamland
Dreamland (2000)
“Peter Mandelson is the only man I know who can skulk in broad daylight.”
Simon Hoggart (1946–2014) English journalist and broadcaster
Hoggart's Guardian column 11 Sep 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2004/sep/11/politics.guardiancolumnists
“Ant-swarming city, city abounding in dreams,
Where ghosts in broad daylight accost the passerby!”
Charles Baudelaire book Les Fleurs du mal
Fourmillante cité, cité pleine de rêves,<br>Où le spectre en plein jour raccroche le passant! <br class="br">"Les Sept Vieillards" [The Seven Old Men] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_sept_vieillards <br class="br">Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)
“Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.”
Chinua Achebe book Things Fall Apart
Source: Things Fall Apart (1958), Chapter 24 (p. 186)
“Your butt is mine
Gonna tell you right
Just show your face
In broad daylight”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer
Bad (1987)
“He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."”
Diogenes of Sinope (-404–-322 BC) ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 41. This line is frequently translated as "I am looking for an honest man."
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Variant: We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.
Václav Havel book The Power of the Powerless
Source: Living in Truth (1986), The Power of the Powerless