“I was not going to go to bed forever with his unwarranted death on my conscience.”
The Occupation, p. 208
Vokes - My Story (1985)
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Canadian general 1904–1985Related quotes
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José Martí (1853–1895) Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader
Letter (1890)
Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015) First Prime Minister of Singapore
1988 National Day Rally, when he discussed the leadership transition to Goh Chok Tong in 1990. As quoted in The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: Volume 2, The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
1980s
“It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience.”
Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation
“I don't remember going to bed, but in the morning, there I was.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“I wish to go on living even after my death.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
