“At last, my friends, I am come amongst you. And I am come…unmuzzled.”
William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) British Liberal politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom
Speech to the electors of South Lancashire. (18 July 1865)
1860s
Last words, said just before he was executed by a firing squad during the spanish civil war.
Source: http://www.generalisimofranco.com/caidos/varios/00003.htm Eduardo Palomar Baró, Pedro Muñoz Seca (1881 - 1936)
“At last, my friends, I am come amongst you. And I am come…unmuzzled.”
William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) British Liberal politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom
Speech to the electors of South Lancashire. (18 July 1865)
1860s
“Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 8, section 3 (p. 480)
Viktor Yanukovych (1950) Ukrainian politician who was the President of Ukraine
2018
Source: * Янукович у Москві поскаржився на бідність ** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQjqkefINDM ** en ** 2022-06-12
“If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends. ”
Мэри Браун (1847–1935) Brown [née Solomon], Mary (1847–1935), social reformer
“Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
Diary of an Unknown (1988)
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (1965) One of Al-Qaeda's official spokesmen
Source: In full: Al-Qaeda statement http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1590350.stm (10th October, 2001)
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Jim Barenson, Prologue, p. xv-xvi
2000s, The Guardian (2003)
Baba Amte (1914–2008) Indian freedom fighter, social worker
An incident which he often narrated which profoundly affected him, page=4
Baba Amte: A Vision of New India