“Our task is terrible, total, universal, and merciless destruction.”
Sergey Nechayev book Catechism of a Revolutionary
Catechism of a Revolutionary (1869)
Source: Violence and the Labor Movement (1914), p. 92
“Our task is terrible, total, universal, and merciless destruction.”
Sergey Nechayev book Catechism of a Revolutionary
Catechism of a Revolutionary (1869)
Lawrence H. Summers (1954) Former US Secretary of the Treasury
David Wessel, The Wall Street Journal (April 5, 1998) "Rich now pay more in taxes", Mobile Register, p. F1.
1990s
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Mswati III (1968) King of Swaziland
Mswati III (2019) cited in: " Allies voice support for Taiwan's inclusion in U.N. activities http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201909260004.aspx" in Focus Taiwan, 26 September 2019. <br class="br">Statement made during the General Debate of the 74th general assembly of the United Nations, 25 September 2019.
“The green shoots of economic spring are appearing once again.”
Norman Lamont (1942) British politician
Speech at the Conservative Party Conference, 9 October 1991.
“And God smiled again,
And the rainbow appeared,
And curled itself around his shoulder.”
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) writer and activist
The Creation, st. 7.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
“My destructive side has grown a mile wide
and I question myself again: what is it about men?”
Amy Winehouse (1983–2011) English singer and songwriter
What It Is About Men
Song lyrics, Frank (2003)
Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 29