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144 19th Century quotes by 133 unique authors

• Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely and help is… — Seth Shostak
• I had never read Victorian novels before going overseas. I read a handful of authors, but I had not immersed myself in the literature of… — Eleanor Catton
• The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive. — Timothy Noah
• In the late 19th century, the Populists - a protest movement of mainly disaffected farmers and workers - threatened to overturn established authority. — Robert Dallek
• During the 19th century, Britain fought two wars in unsuccessful attempts to subjugate the Afghans. When Britain finally drew a border between India and Afghanistan… — Stephen Kinzer
• During the 19th century, Iranians lost vast territories in disastrous wars, and corrupt monarchs sold everything of value in the country to foreigners. — Stephen Kinzer
• Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century. — Claire Tomalin
• Gender and race got very entwined in the 19th century, as abolition broke out, and then women wanted the right to speak about it. — Sue Monk Kidd
• The clash between capital and labour, between those seeking to maximise profit and those with only their toil to sell, was the driving force for… — David Blunkett
• Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage. — Karen DeCrow
• I got bored with the topic; I felt this was 19th century physics. I was wondering if there was still something profound that could be… — Stefan Hell
• In the late 19th century, the theory that the Aborigines were an inferior race that was doomed to die out became accepted as fact. — Richard Flanagan
• One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of… — Clement Attlee
• My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of… — Joanna Trollope
• Market capitalism survived and prospered after the boom-bust industrial revolution of the 19th century, and the Great Depression and world wars of the 20th century.… — Mark Skousen
• The Toothbrush mustache was first introduced in Germany by Americans, who turned up with it at the end of the 19th century the way Americans… — Rich Cohen
• The scientists at the end of the 19th century had people coming to them with this weird behaviour, and they didn't know what was going… — Chester Brown
• Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we're… — Robyn Davidson
• In the 19th century a man with 2 penises and woman with two vaginas were a living couple. — Muniir Zero

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133 authors contributed a total of 144 19th Century Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 4 19th Century Quotes by Unknown Author
• 2 19th Century Quotes by Winston Churchill
• 2 19th Century Quotes by Stephen Kinzer
• 2 19th Century Quotes by Seth Shostak
• 2 19th Century Quotes by Peter York
• 2 19th Century Quotes by Michael Beschloss
• 2 19th Century Quotes by Margaret Atwood
• 2 19th Century Quotes by John Irving
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• 1 19th Century Quote by William J. Clinton
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• 1 19th Century Quote by Wesley Clark
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• 1 19th Century Quote by Twyla Tharp
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