6 Contents
10 INTRODUCTION
20 At least as important as Columbusβs journey to America or the Apollo 11 expedition
22 Everything was so beautiful, so fresh
28 The foundations of todayβs Europe were forged in the events of the late Ice Age
30 A great civilization arose on the Anatolian plain
32 Further events
36 To bring about the rule of righteousness in the land
38 All the lands have fallen prostrate beneath his sandals for eternity
40 Attachment is the root of suffering
42 A clue to the existence of a system of picture-writing in the Greek lands
44 In times of peace, sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who bury their sons
46 Administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few
52 There is nothing impossible to he who will try
54 If the Qin should ever get his way with the world, then the whole world will end up his prisoner
58 Thus perish all tyrants
66 By this sign conquer
68 The city which had taken the whole world was itself taken
70 Further events
76 Seek to enlarge the empire and make it more glorious
78 Truth has come and falsehood has vanished
82 A leader in whose shadow the Christian nation is at peace
84 The ruler is wealthy but the state is destroyed
86 A surge in spirit and an awakening in intelligence
94 Never before has such a terror appeared in Britain
96 The Roman church has never erred
98 A man destined to become master of the state
100 That men in our kingdom shall have and keep all these liberties, rights, and concessions
102 The most potent man, as regards forces and lands and treasure, that exists in the world
104 I did not tell half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed
106 Those who until now have been mercenaries for a few coins achieve eternal rewards
108 The work of giants
110 He left no court emir nor royal office holder without the gift of a load of gold
112 Give the sun the blood of enemies to drink
118 Scarce the tenth person of any sort was left alive
120 I have worked to discharge heavenβs will
128 Cast down the adversaries of my Christian people
130 I have newly devised 28 letters
132 Further events
138 As my city falls, I shall fall with it
142 Following the light of the sun we left the Old World
148 This line shall be considered as a perpetual mark and bound
152 The ancients never raised their buildings so high
156 War has become very different
158 As different from ours as day and night
160 My conscience is captive to the Word of God
164 He began war in Bohemia, which he subjugated and forced into his religion
170 Royalty is a remedy for the spirit of rebellion
172 They cherished a great hope and inward zeal
174 We will cut off his head with the crown upon it
176 The very being of the plantations depends upon the supply of Negro servants
180 There is no corner where one does not of talk shares
184 After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet
186 Use barbarians to control barbarians
188 I have in this treatise cultivated mathematics so far as it regards philosophy
264 Further events
189 As far as I think it possible for man to go
190 I am the state
191 Donβt forget your great guns, the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings
192 Assemble all the knowledge scattered on the surface of the earth
198 Further events
204 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
208 Sire, itβs a revolution
214 I must make of all the peoples of Europe one people, and of Paris the capital of the world
216 Let us lay the cornerstone of American freedom without fear. To hesitate is to perish
220 Life without industry is guilt
226 You may choose to look the other way, but you can never again say you did not know
228 Society was cut in two
230 This enterprise will return immense rewards
236 Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved
238 Let us arm. Let us fight for our brothers
242 These sad scenes of death and sorrow, when are they to come to an end?
243 Better to abolish serfdom from above, than to wait for it to abolish itself from below
244 Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
248 Our manifest destiny is to overspread the continent
250 America is Godβs crucible, the greatest melting pot
252 Enrich the country, strengthen the military
254 In my hand I wield the universe and the power to attack and kill
256 I ought to be jealous of the Eiffel Tower. She is more famous than I am
258 If I could, I would annex other planets
260 My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth, and the teachings of science
262 Deeds not words
270 You often wish you were dead
276 History will not forgive us if we do not assume power now
280 This is not peace. This is an armistice for 20 years
281 Death is the solution to all problems. No manβ no problem
282 Any lack of confidence in the economic future of the United States is foolish
284 The truth is that men are tired of liberty
286 In starting and waging a war, it is not right that matters but victory
294 The Final Solution of the Jewish Question
296 All we did was fly and sleep
298 At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom
302 The name of our state shall be Israel
304 The Long March is a manifesto, a propaganda force, a seeding-machine
306 Ghana, your beloved country, is free forever
308 Weβre eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked
310 People of the whole world are pointing to the satellite
311 I have a dream
312 I am not going to lose Vietnam
314 A revolution is not a bed of roses
316 Scatter the old world, build the new
318 We shall defend it with our blood and strength, and we shall meet aggression with aggression and evil with evil
322 The Iron Curtain is swept aside
324 All power to the people
325 Never, never, and never again
326 Create an unbearable situation of total insecurity with no hope of further survival or life
327 Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack
328 You affect the world by what you browse
330 A crisis that began in the mortgage markets of America has brought the worldβs financial system close to collapse
334 This is a day about our entire human family
340 Futher events
342 GLOSSARY
344 INDEX
351 QUOTE ATTRIBUTIONS
352 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS