“There are men who are possessed by an urge so strong to do some particular thing that they can't help themselves, they've got to do it. They're prepared to sacrifice everything to satisfy their yearning.”
The Razor's Edge (1943)
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“The only thing they've got to do is clear the dead bodies away”
Theresa May faces calls to sack Boris Johnson over Libya comments https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/03/sirte-can-become-a-holiday-destination-if-it-clears-the-dead-bodies-says-johnson, in the Guardian; published October 4, 2017
2017
Context: There's a group of UK business people, wonderful guys who want to invest in. The only thing they've got to do is clear the dead bodies away and then they'll be there.

Appeal for the Hospital The Pennsylvania Gazette (8 August 1751).
1760s

1974 speech, in Voices of Multicultural America: Notable Speeches Delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic and Native Americans, 1790-1995 by Deborah Gillan Straub

Source: The Production of Security (1849), p. 20
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“God helps only those who are prepared and determined to help themselves.”
Speech in Weimar http://der-fuehrer.org/reden/english/38-11-06.htm, 6 November 1938
1930s