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a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)- Without leaders or a manifesto, the residents of a small East German backwater decided to seek the freedom of their forefathers.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- This document was translated into a simpler manifesto called "A Better Life for All," which in turn became the ANC's campaign slogan.Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
- AN AESTHETIC VOYAGER WHOSE HOME IS THE ROAD...... Immediately below this manifesto squats the stove, fabricated from a rusty oil drum.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- Another is done in florals, with an appliqued message: UP YOUR MANIFESTO!Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
- The first sentence in this manifesto says: A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- I shall write to the papers; I'll draw up manifestos; I shall apply for an audience with the mayor—or his deputy, if the mayor's too busy.Eugene Ionesco -- Rhinoceros
- The words on the streamer are Lincoln's unspoken manifesto, and every time he slips on the coat he is reminded of his mission.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
- The Two Thousand Words was the first glorious manifesto of the 1968 Prague Spring.Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- "I've read all of the Rosicrucian manifestos in my research."Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- They were greedily bought by the whole public, who, of course, like the Government, expected a manifesto in them.William Morris -- News from Nowhere
- 'Alan, all the answers are in the air, the trees, the water!' he'd written in the margins of this or that Brook Farm manifesto.Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
- He published his manifesto, whereby he set himself forth as the deliverer of the isles of the sea and vicar-general of all Oceanica.Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
- TV wasn't exactly a manifesto of reality either, but it did reflect our greatest hopes and worst fears.Susan Ee -- Angelfall
- "Have you ever read the faction manifestos?" says Will.Veronica Roth -- Divergent
- The Manifesto of Umkhonto was issued on the day that operations commenced.Nelson Mandela -- I Am Prepared to Die
- He concluded his manifesto, and both were silent.E.M. Forster -- A Passage to India
- He issued mock-comintern manifestos about the contents, with personal asides, and the underground press was quick to print this stuff.Don DeLillo -- Underworld
- So that's the heading of our manifesto.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Will, with the crease between his eyebrows, with green eyes like celery and the ability to quote the Dauntless manifesto from memory.Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
- It was an instinctive uprising, without leaders or a manifesto.V.S. Naipaul -- A Bend in the River
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