from his speech in Mallow, County Cork
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
283 http://books.google.com/books?id=_GLTsGHUxDgC&lpg=PA171&dq=Today%20as%20always%2C%20men%20fall%20into%20two%20groups&pg=PA171#v=onepage&q&f=false <br class="br">Human, All Too Human (1878)
“Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.”
Bion of Borysthenes (-325–-246 BC) ancient greek philosopher
As quoted by Stobaeus, iii.1.18
“Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken.”
Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) American politician, 21st President of the United States (in office from 1881 to 1885)
Said upon the death of President Garfield, as quoted in Messages and Papers of the Presidents, vol. 8 (1897).
1880s
Louis Riel (1844–1885) Canadian politician
Address to Grand Jury (1885)
Context: Even if I was going to be sentenced by you, Gentlemen of the Jury, I have this satisfaction that if I die, I will not be reputed by all men as insane, as a lunatic. A good deal has been said by the two Revd Fathers André and Fourmond. I cannot call them my friends, but they made no false testimony. I know that a long time ago they believed me more or less insane. Father Fourmond said that I would pass from a great passion to great calmness, that shows great control under contradiction and according to my opinion and with the help of God, I have that control.
“Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.”
Source: Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night IV, Line 843.
“I want to die a slave to principles. Not to men.”
Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919) Mexican Revolutionary
As quoted in Heroes of Mexico (1969) by Morris Rosenblum, p. 112
Variant: I want to die a slave to principles. Not to men.
John Taylor Gatto book The Underground History of American Education
Source: The Underground History of American Education: An Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling (2001), p. 62
George Fitzhugh (1806–1881) American activist
Source: Cannibals All!, or Slaves Without Masters (1857), p. 31
