August
- 4 August: Niger, Constitutional referendum
- 20 August: Afghanistan, President
- 30 August: Gabon, President
- 30 August: Japan, Parliament
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Famous quotes containing the word august:
“I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.”
—J. August Strindberg (18491912)
“Until, on Vinegar Hill, the fatal conclave.
Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon.
The hillside blushed, soaked in our broken wave.
They buried us without shroud or coffin
And in August the barley grew up out of the grave.”
—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)
“I dream, therefore I exist.”
—J. August Strindberg (18491912)
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