The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; a...s soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a worl...d to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plan...t, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I do not wish to lose my temper because very shortly I will lose my head. Nevertheless, upon leaving this spark of earthly existen...ce, I have this to say: I shall see you all very soon ... very soon.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Short is the glory of the blushing rose, The hue which thou so carefully dost nourish,... Yet which at length thou must be forced to lose.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They had their fortunes to make, everything to gain and nothing to lose. They were schooled in and anxious for debates; forcible i...n argument; reckless and brilliant. For them it was but a short and natural step from swaying juries in courtroom battles over the ownership of land to swaying constituents in contests for office. For the lawyer, oratory was the escalator that could lift a political candidate to higher ground.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not pr...operty; it is an idea.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Well, Wilmer, I'm sorry indeed to lose you. But I want you to know I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. Well, if yo...u lose a son it's possible to get another. There's only one Maltese falcon.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »