“What do you mean "helped create"? I am Cyrus. I am Cyrus.”
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Response to being described by his friend Eddie Jacobsen as "the man who helped create the state of Israel." (November 1953); as quoted in "With Eyes Toward Zion" (1977) by Moshe Davis
Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962) American poet
Response in a pamphlet Writers Take Sides : Letters About the War in Spain from 418 American Authors (1938) by the American Writers League, which asked various authors: "Are you for or are you against Franco and fascism?".
“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.”
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
“Whose hearts must I break? What lies must I maintain? - Through whose blood am I to wade?”
Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) French Decadent and Symbolist poet
“I am the hailstorm that shall break the heads of those who do not take shelter.”
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) Italian Dominican friar and preacher
As quoted in Books: The Sword of God" in TIME (17 August 1959) http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,937912,00.html, a review of The Life Of Girolamo Savonarola by Roberto Ridolfi, translated by Cecil Grayson
