Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Puerto Rican baseball player
From his 1971 World Series MVP acceptance speech, as quoted in "Pittsburgh's Clemente Honored"
Baseball-related, <big><big>1970s</big></big>, <big>1971</big>
“I may not have been the greatest Yankee to put on the uniform, but I was the proudest.”
At ceremony retiring his number 1 jersey in 1986. It is also his epitaph, carved into his headstone at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
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Benedict Arnold (1741–1801) Continental and later British Army general during the American Revolutionary War
Unverified, but reportedly said by Arnold on his deathbed in 1801, requesting to wear the uniform of the Colonial Army from before his defection to the British, as quoted in The Picturesque Hudson http://www.kellscraft.com/PicturesqueHudson/PicturesqueHudson08.html (1915) by Clifton Johnson
Oliver North (1943) US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, claimed partial responsibility for clandestinely selling weapons to Iran and…
Ralph Barton Perry (1876–1957) American philosopher
The Integrity of the Intellect (July 1920)
Jack Vance (1916–2013) American mystery and speculative fiction writer
Sail 25 (p. 75)
Short fiction, Future Tense (1964)
Emma Goldman (1868–1940) anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches
"The Individual, Society and the State" (1940) http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/goldman/works/1940/individual.htm <br class="br">Context: The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime. The wholesale mechanisation of modern life has increased uniformity a thousandfold. It is everywhere present, in habits, tastes, dress, thoughts and ideas. Its most concentrated dullness is "public opinion." Few have the courage to stand out against it. He who refuses to submit is at once labelled "queer," "different," and decried as a disturbing element in the comfortable stagnancy of modern life.
David Wright (1982) American baseball player
quoted by MLB.com columnist Lindsay Berra on The Official Website of The New York Mets http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/259053992/what-is-the-latest-on-david-wrights-recovery/.
Joseph Yates (judge) (1722–1770) English barrister and judge
Rex v. Wilkes (1769), 4 Burr. Part IV., 2548.
“I have been quite put out of temper this morning and someone ought to die for it.”
Susanna Clarke book Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Source: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell