
“We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson book Experience
1840s, Essays: Second Series (1844), Experience
2010s, Address to the United States Congress
“We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson book Experience
1840s, Essays: Second Series (1844), Experience
Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) founder of al-Qaeda
In response to the interviewer stating: 'America, the world's only superpower, has called you Public Enemy Number One. Are you worried?'
1990s, Time magazine interview (1998)
Isabel II do Reino Unido (1926–2022) queen of the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations
Speech during the commemorations of D-Day, 06/06/2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10883074/D-Day-anniversary-Queen-stirred-by-commemorations.html
Anthony Eden (1897–1977) British Conservative politician, prime minister
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1938/feb/21/personal-explanations to the House of Commons (21 February 1938) detailing his resignation from the government as Foreign Secretary
Park Chung-hee (1917–1979) Korean Army general and the leader of South Korea from 1961 to 1979
As quoted in Toward Peaceful Unification: Selected Speeches & Interviews https://books.google.com/books?id=nNc2AzJmwPoC&pg=PA3&dq=%22There+was+little,+if+any,+feeling+of+loyalty+toward+the+abstract+concept+of+Korea+as+a+nation-state%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IOkhVebpAYqWsAWOgILoCQ&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false (1978), Kwangmyong Publishing Company, pp. 47-48. <br class="br">1970s
Joni Madraiwiwi (1957–2016) Fijian politician
Calling for a national dialogue on an inclusive nationality adjective for all Fiji citizens <br class="br"> Speech to the Lautoka Rotary Club (Centenary Dinner), 12 March 2005 http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/printer_4326.shtml.
Cal Newport (1982) American computer scientist
Source: So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)
Context: Now, in order to answer the question, "Where do we go from here?" which is our theme, we must first honestly recognize where we are now. When the Constitution was written, a strange formula to determine taxes and representation declared that the Negro was sixty percent of a person. Today another curious formula seems to declare that he is fifty percent of a person. Of the good things in life, the Negro has approximately one half those of whites. of the bad things of life, he has twice those of whites. Thus half of all Negroes live in substandard housing. And Negroes have half the income of whites. When we view the negative experiences of life, the Negro has a double share. There are twice as many unemployed. The rate of infant mortality among Negroes is double that of whites and there are twice as many Negroes dying in Vietnam as whites in proportion to their size in the population.
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (1963) Mongolian politician
Source: "Locked Between Two Large Neighbors, Mongolia Seeks to Connect With the World" in IPI Global Observatory https://theglobalobservatory.org/2013/10/locked-between-two-large-neighbors-mongolia-seeks-to-connect-with-the-world/ (4 October 2013) <br class="br">Context: This is the concept after 1990.