Nineteenth Quotes

157 Nineteenth quotes by 141 unique authors

I would rather be a member of this [Afrikan] race than a Greek in the time of Alexander, a Roman in the Augustan period, or… — Edward Wilmot Blyden
Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must… — Benito Mussolini
The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for… — Lech Walesa
The plain fact is that there are no conclusions. If we must state a conclusion, it would be that many of the former conclusions of… — James Jeans
If war can indeed be turned into a relic, then the virtue of greed will recede further. From a given society's standpoint, one big upside… — Robert Wright
If I haven't made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century. — John Thorn
History, when rightly written, is but a record of providence; and he who would read history rightly, must read it with his eyes constantly fixed… — D. A. Fisher
What if criticism is a science as well as an art? Not a pure or exact science, of course, but these phrases belong to a… — Northrop Frye
In the middle of the next century, when the literary establishment will reflect the multicultural makeup of this country and not be dominated by assimiliationists… — Ishmael Reed
When you go to war as a boy you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed; not you. . . . Then… — Ernest Hemingway
Peter Kropotkin...was recognized by friend and foe as one of the greatest minds...of the nineteenth century...The lucidity and brilliance of his mind combined with his… — Emma Goldman
The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not… — William Ralph Inge
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries you have these great nation states hurling their young men at one another. The victory was really going to… — Stephen Ambrose
Humphry Repton, the leading garden theorist of the nineteenth century, defined a garden as 'a piece of ground fenced off from cattle, and appropriated to… — Tom Turner
Here was St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. How to build a hotel to meet the requirements of nineteenth century America and… — Henry Flagler
Round my cradle shimmered the last moonbeams of the eighteenth century and the first morning rays of the nineteenth. — Heinrich Heine
France placed the state above society , democracy above constitutionalism, and equality above liberty. As a result, for much of the nineteenth century it was… — Fareed Zakaria
The nineteenth-century wave of feminism was started by older women who had been through the radicalizing experience of getting married and becoming the legal chattel… — Gloria Steinem
Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long been submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music. Today we are fighting for their… — John Cage
A day will come when the European god of the nineteenth century will be classed with the gods of Olympus and the Nile. — William Winwood Reade

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