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Famous Quotes
« on: April 23, 2012, 08:40:25 AM »
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“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America 's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”
~ Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006
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Re: Famous Quotes
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 09:26:43 AM »
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Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do.
Barack Obama
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2012, 10:29:42 AM »
Iran is nothing but trouble, and always has been that.

Jay Rockefeller
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2012, 10:31:49 AM »
A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

Benjamin Franklin
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2012, 10:33:35 AM »
As we embrace the American dream and the freedoms it represents, we must also ensure that those who wish to enjoy those freedoms become a part of our society and learn to speak our language.

Bobby Jindal
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2012, 10:41:41 AM »
Those that fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. -Santayana-
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 09:39:33 AM »
I will never let my people live in the shadow of annihilation.

Benjamin Netanyahu
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2012, 11:00:38 AM »
(Paraphrased)
Never in the course of human events have so many owed so much to so few. -Winston Churchill-
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« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2012, 11:47:48 AM »
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy
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« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2012, 11:49:20 AM »
To err is human, to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope-
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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2012, 11:54:41 AM »
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Jack London
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« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2012, 11:58:01 AM »
Quote from: CG6468 on April 24, 2012, 11:54:41 AM
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Jack London

Jack London of "Call of the Wild" fame ? About a dog that is almost beaten to death in a dogfight, and left for dogmeat ? And a story where a man tires to beat him again with a club ? If this is tipping towards an owebuma quote or comment, I will never see it coming.
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« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2012, 12:00:13 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on April 24, 2012, 11:58:01 AM
Jack London of "Call of the Wild" fame ? About a dog that is almost beaten to death in a dogfight, and left for dogmeat ? And a story where a man tires to beat him again with a club ? If this is tipping towards an owebuma quote or comment, I will never see it coming.

I just post 'em as I see 'em.
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Re: Famous Quotes
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2012, 12:42:13 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on April 24, 2012, 11:47:48 AM
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy

"Where's my gummint freebies, MoFo?", Obama voter.

We've come a long ways baby.
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"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within."  Stalin

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« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2012, 12:43:17 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on April 24, 2012, 12:42:13 PM
"Where's my gummint freebies, MoFo?", Obama voter.

We've come a long ways baby.
A quote from Peggy Joseph would crystalize the thought.
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Re: Famous Quotes
« Reply #15 on: April 24, 2012, 02:22:45 PM »
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"Government at it's best is a necessary evil; at it's worst, an intolerable one."
-- Thomas Jefferson

Notice that wherever your particular government falls on Jefferson's evaluative scale, the one inescapable constant in the equation is that it is EVIL.
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"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
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"I'm not looking for forgiveness, and I'm way past asking permission"
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"In this present crisis, government in not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem."
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« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2012, 04:10:16 PM »
Tolerance in the face of tyranny is no virtue. I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue! -Barry Goldwater-
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« Reply #17 on: April 24, 2012, 04:39:05 PM »
You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.~ Davy Crockett~
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« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2012, 04:59:12 PM »
We should be doing this differently, say the quote, then let the forum supply the author, or vice versa.
I'll start...
"I regret that I have but one life to give for my country"
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« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2012, 05:04:31 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on April 24, 2012, 04:59:12 PM
We should be doing this differently, say the quote, then let the forum supply the author, or vice versa.
I'll start...
"I regret that I have but one life to give for my country"

Easy.  Nathan Hale.
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-- Capt. John Parker
"I'm not looking for forgiveness, and I'm way past asking permission"
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"In this present crisis, government in not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem."
-- Ronaldus Magnus

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« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2012, 05:05:58 PM »
"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead !"
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« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2012, 05:20:46 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on April 24, 2012, 05:05:58 PM
"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead !"

Even easier (I'm a Navy brat).  David Farragut.
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"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
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"I'm not looking for forgiveness, and I'm way past asking permission"
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-- Ronaldus Magnus

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« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2012, 05:22:20 PM »
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"Be polite.  Be professional.  But have a plan to kill everybody you meet."
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"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
-- Capt. John Parker
"I'm not looking for forgiveness, and I'm way past asking permission"
-- Capt. Steve Rogers
"In this present crisis, government in not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem."
-- Ronaldus Magnus

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« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2012, 05:24:09 PM »
"The first thing we do is, Let's kill all the lawyers."
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« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2012, 05:25:48 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on April 24, 2012, 05:24:09 PM
"The first thing we do is, Let's kill all the lawyers."

Bill Shakespeare, Henry VI.
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"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
-- Capt. John Parker
"I'm not looking for forgiveness, and I'm way past asking permission"
-- Capt. Steve Rogers
"In this present crisis, government in not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem."
-- Ronaldus Magnus
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