“The poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Inscription on the monument of a Newfoundland dog (1808).
“The poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Inscription on the monument of a Newfoundland dog (1808).
James Marape (1971) Papua New Guinea politician
James Marape (2019) cited in: " Australia must help protect Pacific from climate change, PNG prime minister says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/27/australia-must-help-protect-pacific-from-climate-change-png-prime-minister-says" in The Guardian, 26 July 2019.
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
1967
Directives Regarding the Cultural Revolution (1966-1972)
“For me it is always the colour, first and foremost.”
Margrethe II of Denmark (1940) Queen of Denmark
Conversation with Christian Geter, http://luxembourg.um.dk/fr/actualites/actualites/newsdisplaypage/?newsid=fe6684ff-f0cd-4ff4-aaec-d6de78b2801a (19 January 2012). <br class="br">As an Artist
Malcolm X book The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Variant: I’ve had enough of someone else’s propaganda… I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), p. 400
Context: I've had enough of someone else's propaganda. I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
2012, Statement: on the Passing of His Father Rep. Salvador H. Escudero III
“Prophecy is first and foremost a self-serving gift.”
Lawrence M. Schoen (1959) American writer and klingonist
Source: Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015), Chapter 38, “Loose Ends” (p. 354)