Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Lecture (December 19, 2007)
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Lecture (December 19, 2007)
Context: Ten years ago, alongside the return of the. And you can be assured that I will continue campaigning for a united set of Lewis chessmen in an independent Scotland!
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Lecture (December 19, 2007)
Nicola Sturgeon (1970) First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party
Scottish Lib Dem conference: Leader Tim Farron in staunch defence of EU https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35674306 BBC News (27 February 2016) <br class="br">2016
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Acceptance speech (9 November 1960) http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Ready-Reference/JFK-Speeches/Acceptance-Speech-by-John-F-Kennedy-Hyannis-Armory-Hyannis-Massachusetts-November-9-1960.aspx <br class="br">1960
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) 18th President of the United States
Regarding Confederate executions of captured Union prisoners of war at Milliken's Bend by hanging Letter to Richard Taylor at Vicksburg (1863) https://archive.org/stream/wordsofourheroul00gran/wordsofourheroul00gran_djvu.txt <br class="br">1860s <br class="br">Context: I feel no inclination to retaliate for the offences of irresponsible persons; but if it is the policy of any General intrusted with the command of troops to show no quarter, or to punish with death prisoners taken in battle, I will accept the issue. It may be you propose a different line of policy towards black troops, and officers commanding them, to that practiced towards white troops. So, I can assure you that these colored troops are regularly mustered into the service of the United States. The Government, and all officers under the Government, are bound to give the same protection to these troops that they do to any other troops.
Alun Lewis (1915–1944) Welsh poet
Robert Graves, Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1945) p. 7.
Criticism
Blake Lewis (1981) American musician
["'Hot Guy of the Week': American Idol's Blake Lewis", http://usmagazine.com/hot_guy_blake_lewis, May 21, 2007, 2007-06-02, US Weekly]
In interviews
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Scotland and Northern Ireland (June 18, 2007)
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Letter to high school student Barbara Lee Wilson (7 January 1943), Einstein Archives 42-606
1940s