“I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward all men. I SHALL DIE INNOCENT, AND IT SHALL YET BE SAID OF ME — HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.”
1840s
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Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 472.
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1970s
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), VI : In the Depths of the Abyss
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Televised address to the nation, quoted in guardian.co.uk (22 February 2011) " Gaddafi urges violent showdown and tells Libya 'I'll die a martyr' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/22/muammar-gaddafi-urges-violent-showdown?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487" by Ian Black
Speeches
Private remarks to David Davis MP at a Guardian reception, March 2017.