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“You are all young men and you have played to me the “March of Entry into Paris” well. But I hope that one day you will be playing this military march where you should, at the same spot where I was in 1870.”
Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934) first seen 1927 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to the Stahlhelm of Gross-Schwülper, Correspondance de Genève (19 September 1927), quoted in W. W. Coole (ed.), Thus Spake Germany (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1941), p. 332
“The next possessors of nuclear weapons may be Iran, North Korea, or possibly some terrorist bodies. Is there any hope that they will have absorbed the nearly universal inhibition against the use of nuclear weapons, or will at least be inhibited by the recognition that the taboo enjoys widespread acclaim?”
Thomas Schelling (1921–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As we walked out of that room, he put his arm around me and said 'That's a very compelling presentation, and God, we hope you're wrong.”
Kyle Bass (born 1969) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: CNBC House of Cards interview, 2009.
“Then I remembered the phrase 'do not forsake your original intentions' — which was why I decided 17 years ago to run as a legislator and make changes to our society to make the lives of the next generation better and give Taiwan's future more hope.”
Eric Chu (born 1961) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eric Chu (2015) cited in "Chu meets AIT's Kin; mum on US trip" on The China Post, 21 October 2015.
“Optimism is never faith in progress, but hope for a miracle.”
Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Black brothers, Black sisters, i want you to know that i love you and i hope that somewhere in your hearts you have love for me. My name is Assata Shakur (slave name joanne chesimard), and i am a revolutionary. A Black revolutionary. By that i mean that i have declared war on all forces that have raped our women, castrated our men, and kept our babies empty-bellied.”
Assata Shakur (1947–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tomorrow I meet PM Boris Johnson. I hope that he will not like to go down in history as “Mr. No Deal”.”
Donald Tusk (born 1957) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tweeted on 24 August 2019
“Three years ago, the white hope of the theatre. Today, a mug. That's New York for you. Puts you on a Christmas tree, and then - the alley.”
Ben Hecht (1894–1964) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Angels Over Broadway (1940)
“My hope is that the difference in the three generations' attitudes may signal a lessening of anti-Semitism in Austria.”
Eric Kandel (born 1929) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How far I have succeeded in my endeavours, I submit to your Excellency's better judgment. I hope I shall never be more fond of promotion than studious to merit it. Modesty will ever forbid me to apply to that House for any favors. I consider myself immediately under your Excellency's protection, and look up to you for justice.”
Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) said by 1786 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope your Excellency will not think this application results from a lazy habit, or a desire to free myself from business. Far from it. I am never more happy than when I am honorably or usefully employed. If your Excellency thinks I can promote the service as much in this employment as in any other, I shall cheerfully execute the business, without the least murmur.”
Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) said by 1786 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Last year was no easy ride for Hong Kong. Our society was rife with differences and conflicts. In the coming year I hope that all people in Hong Kong will take inspiration from the sheep’s character and pull together in an accommodating manner to work for Hong Kong’s future.” (2015)”
Leung Chun-ying (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope anyone, especially Lee Bo himself, can provide relevant information".”
Leung Chun-ying (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope that you will be in agreement with me when I beg you to do everything possible to prevent Hindenburg's retirement. We must under no circumstances bear the responsibility before the bar of history for having overthrown Hindenburg. I feel that even the abdication of the Kaiser would be easier to bear than the retirement of Hindenburg.”
Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to the Chief of the National Liberal Party in Prussia, quoted in W. M. Knight-Patterson, Germany. From Defeat to Conquest 1913-1933 (1945), p. 208, n. 2
“If the monarchy should return, and we hope it will, then it must be called by the will of the people.”
Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929) first seen 1920 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to a party convention in Nuernberg (late 1920), quoted in Walter H. Kaufmann, Monarchism in the Weimar Republic (1953), p. 68
“[A Conservative government would operate a glasshouse system of detention centres for some of those young people] so that they receive a short sharp shock treatment which I hope will deter at least some of them from getting enmeshed deeper in the mire of crime.”
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918–1999) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a speech in Birmingham (8 August 1977) during the Ladywood by-election campaign, cited in The Times (9 August 1977), p. 2
“[M]an when not stimulated by hope or necessity is naturally a lazy animal.”
George Trumbull Ladd (1842–1921) first seen 1908 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Korea with Marquis Ito (1908), page 292
“the world we live in permits - and may even seem to counsel - absolute dispair, yet it is only such a world that can give rise to an unconquerable hope.”
Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One can have different attitudes to it, one can believe that the horsemen of the Apocalypse are already on their way and all hope is in Almighty God. However, one can still try to tone down this international situation.”
Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Putin crony invokes ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ amid Ukraine war", New York Post (3 June 2022)
“Only faith can keep what hope promises.”
Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Christian hope is a vessel in which faith lives; love carries it.”
Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Suffering without faith would be like love without hope.”
Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope history will judge us to have tackled the problem effectively and delivered a sustainable future for Britain's public services.”
Philip Hammond (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is it not the larger and the longer hope and interest of America to live as a great partner in... a society of nations, rather than to live a life of isolated prosperity... ?”
J. A. Hobson (1858–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope that the North Koreans understand that the conclusions that we came to are conclusions that are embedded in America's security situation.”
Ash Carter (1954–2022) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: pbs.org interview, 3 March 2003
“We know that you have a very arduous duty ahead of you. We hope you enjoy the best of health; if you go on looking as attractive as you do tonight, it will be very beneficial.”
Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett (1923–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We can never enter upon the path to virtue unless we have hope as our guide and companion.”
Pelagius (354–420) said by 420 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are caught — trapped, some might say — in the web of fate, but we are each just as surely among its multitude of spinners. In our spinning lies our hope; in our spinning lies our destiny.”
Fenton Johnson (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's mad isn’t it. I guess I just wanted to make something that people would cherish and hope to hold on to for a while. The goal is to make each book a unique work of art, with an intrinsic quality all their own.”
Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Regarding choosing to bookbind each of his books by hand rather than choosing to have them mass produced; as quoted in "The Caffiene Induced World of Brian A Kenny" The Raven Speaks: Insight with Lorin Morgan-Richards b…
“We Hindus offer Lord Krishna's package to Muslims--give us 3 temples and keep 39,997 masjids. I hope Muslim leaders don't become Duryodhans.”
Subramanian Swamy (born 1939) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Ayodhya dispute, as quoted in "Give us 3 temples, keep 39,997 mosques: Subramanian Swamy to Muslims", Zee News (10 January 2016)
“The only hope for civilization is the greater freedom, development and equality of women in all fields of human activity.”
William Moulton Marston (1893–1947) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Noted Psychologist Revealed as Author of Best-Selling "Wonder Woman,' Children's Comic," press release, typescript [June 1942], WW Letters, Smithsonian
“The purpose of spending years developing an organizational theory is the hope that it will lead to improvements in organizations.”
Kenneth D. Mackenzie (born 1937) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kenneth D. Mackenzie (2011). The Organizational Hologram. p. 11
“The group process contains the secret of collective life, it is the key to democracy, it is the master lesson for every individual to learn, it is our chief hope or the political, the social, the international life of the future.”
Mary Parker Follett (1868–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I see only one hope for our country, and that is when white men and black men . . . desiring only the good of their country, come together to work for it. . . . I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find we are turned to hating.”
Alan Paton (1903–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I see only one hope for our country, and that is when white men and black men, desiring neither power nor money, but desiring only the good for their country, come together to work for it. I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find we are turned to hating.”
Alan Paton (1903–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy”
Lionel Messi (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Communism excited intellectuals in a way that neither Hitler nor (especially) liberal democracy could hope to match. Communism was exotic in locale and heroic in scale.”
Tony Judt (1948–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To hope does not mean to know the future, but rather to be open, in an attitude of spiritual childhood, to accepting it as a gift.”
Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I replace melancholy by courage, doubt by certainty, despair by hope, malice by good, complaints by duty, scepticism by faith, sophisms by cool equanimity and pride by modesty.”
Comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poésies I (1870)
“I loved these compliments, which he lobbed at me like popcorn at a pigeon. I felt silly for craving his attention and powerful because he had noticed me. I bounced between those extremes, every other heartbeat, laying down hope one stratum at a time. The fact that he was all wrong––married, my boss, a flirt––gave me a perverse desire to make it right.”
Andrea Lewis (writer) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tierra Blanca" Bryant Literary Review, Vol. 11 (2010)
“Hell is that state where one has ceased to hope.”
A. J. Cronin (1896–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, the document that articulated the principle of human rights endowed by the Creator, thereby ultimately ensuring the end of slavery, and led to the establishment of the country that has served as the beacon of hope for people of every race and ethnicity.”
Dennis Prager (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Conservatives view America as President Abraham Lincoln viewed it; as the 'Last Best Hope of Earth.'”
Dennis Prager (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will not end on a happy note, because there isn't one. But neither do I despair. One doesn't fight only when one is optimistic. One fights because it is the right thing to do and because America remains, as Lincoln said, 'the last best hope of earth.'”
Dennis Prager (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quite recently, to his horror, he had realized he would have to get a job. He was therefore studying to become a barrister, in the hope that he would find some pleasure in keeping as many criminals as possible at large.”
Edward St. Aubyn (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t tell me you aren’t the slightest bit curious, Norquinco.” “I hope you burn in hell, Sky Haussmann.” “I’ll take that as a yes.”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Either you are a man of unusual ability, Thorn, or a man with a rather inadequate grasp of human nature. I just hope it’s the former.”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Welcome to politics, Doctor. We don’t get to pick our allies. The best we can hope for is that we don’t despise them quite as much as our enemies.”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hopefully they’ll accept me for what I am, not what I was. That’s all we can ever hope for, isn’t it?”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love, like the opening of the heavens to the Saints, shows for a moment, even to the dullest man, the possibilities of the human race. He has faith, hope, and charity for another being, perhaps but a creation of his imagination: still it is a great advance for a man to be profoundly loving even in his imagination.”
Arthur Helps (1813–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source