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Ace, Goodman
1899–1982
1899–1982
1
TV—a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville…we call it a medium because nothing's well done.
TV—a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville…we call it a medium because nothing's well done.
letter to Groucho Marx, in
The Groucho Letters
(1967)
Acheson, Dean
1893–1971
1893–1971
1
Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.
speech at the Military Academy, West Point, 5 December 1962
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
in
Wall Street Journal
8 September 1977
Acton, Lord
1834–1902
1834–1902
1
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 3 April 1887.
Adams, Abigail
1744–1818
1744–1818
1
In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would remember the ladies…Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would remember the ladies…Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
letter to John Adams, 31 March 1776.
Adams, Charles Francis
1807–86
1807–86
1
It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war.
of the situation in the United States during the American Civil War
It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war.
of the situation in the United States during the American Civil War
dispatch to Earl Russell, 5 September 1863
Adams, Douglas
1952–2001
1952–2001
1
The Answer to the Great Question Of…Life, the Universe and Everything…[is] Forty-two.
The Answer to the Great Question Of…Life, the Universe and Everything…[is] Forty-two.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(1979) ch. 27
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