“Let us wage war on totality; let us be witnesses to the unpresentable, let us activate the different and save the honor of the name.”

“Not chaffering war but waging war, not with gold but with iron—thus let us of both sides make trial for our lives”
Nec cauponantes bellum sed belligerantes; Ferro non auro vitam cernamus utrique.

Ennius (-239–-169 BC) Roman writer

“They shouldn't be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody's name. Let their name be put out there. Let their name be put out.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

“Let us fly and save our bacon.”

Francois Rabelais book Gargantua and Pantagruel

“Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our Nation whole.”

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)

“Bury us, and mark our names above. Let us be free.”

Madeline Miller book The Song of Achilles

“Let us be English or let us be French… but above all let us be Canadians”

John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) 1st Prime Minister of Canada

“Let us call our man, the hero of this story, Kingbitter. We imagine a man, and a name to go with him. Or conversely, let us imagine the name, and the man to go with it.”

Imre Kertész (1929–2016) Hungarian writer

“Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.”

Grace Paley (1922–2007) American writer and activist

“Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.”

Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) 15th Prime Minister of Canada