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Your favorite political/philosophical quotes?

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by modernpaladin, May 20, 2017.

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  1. Pycckia

    Pycckia Well-Known Member

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    “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.”

    ― Winston S. Churchill
     
    Pycckia, May 20, 2017
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    ibobbrob Well-Known Member

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    The saying as I understand it is: Life sucks, and then you die. And it can suck for smart and dumb alike.
     
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    ibobbrob Well-Known Member

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    Does this mean that you did not sleep with all her friends? If this is true, then I am very disappointed in you. After all, ya only
    get one shot at the apple.
     
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    ibobbrob Well-Known Member

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    That statement alone means nothing. The "Esquire" that it is attached to makes it mean everything.
     
    ibobbrob, May 20, 2017
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  5. Lil Mike

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    “Anyone who is just as concerned about the Anglican Communion as he is about ISIS, al-Qaeda, and rest of the jihadist menace needs to have his head examined,"


    -Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith
     
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    Texas Republican Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    "Show me a man who isn't a liberal at 20, and I'll show you a man with no heart. Show me a man who isn't a conservative at 40, and I'll show you a man with no brain".

    Often attributed to Winston Churchill
     
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    Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
    Groucho Marx
     
    Liberty4Ransom, May 21, 2017
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  8. Lil Mike

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    "The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries"--Barack Obama
     
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    The ship of State is the only vessel that leaks from the top -
     
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    HereWeGoAgain Banned

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    Paul Begala comes up with some great ones. Recently, upon noting the age of the average Fox News viewer being 68 yo, Begala declared that

    "Fox News is God's waiting room!"

    Robert Novak was an infamously narrow conservative who was well known as a pundit for many years. About Novak, Begala said

    Robert Novak? I love Robert Novak. He has one of the finest minds of the 12th century.

    Now that's good!
     
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    "Truth is like poetry, and most people ****ing hate poetry."
     
    Liberty4Ransom, May 25, 2017
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    Stalin to Von Mannerheim, the PM of Finland:
    "I can send 10 million men against you."
    Von Mannerheim;
    "Tell them to bring their own shovels, we can't bury that many."
     
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    "Ask not what your country can do for YOU, but what YOU can do for your country." --Some past Democrat President.
     
    Just_a_Citizen, May 25, 2017
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    I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me - Gen GS Patton
     
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    Speaking of Donald Trump:

    "If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."

    ― Dorothy Parker
     
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    People get the government they deserve. (don't know the source).
    ----

    Crowded elevator smell different to midget — Redd Foxx
     
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    HAHA! I bet they do!

    One politician starts to explain his position to another.

    The 2nd politician objects: That's a lie!!!

    Yes it is, replied the 1st, but hear me out.
     
    HereWeGoAgain, May 25, 2017
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    When your bow is broken, and your last arrow spent, then shoot, shoot with your whole heart. -Roger Zelazny
     
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    Couple good ones by Rommel.

    "Better too much spade work than too little! This work saves blood."

    "War without Hate"

    "Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility."

    "Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning."
     
    HailVictory, May 25, 2017
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    "If you don't know what port you are sailing, no wind is favorable" Seneca the Younger
     
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    I think, I am.
    Not sure where I heard this, clearly a modification of Descarte's I think therefor I am.
     
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    “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”
    Churchill.
     
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    No big surprise that this turns up under Fake Founders Quotes! :eek:

    http://fakefoundersquotes.tumblr.com/post/89397760173/when-the-people-find-they-can-vote-themselves

     
    Derideo_Te, May 25, 2017
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    I'm Bruce Lee mad for quotes.

    Here's one.

    A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
     
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    "I think that I am becoming a God".

    Vespasian on his deathbed

    Gotta love someone who has a sense of humor regarding their own demise. :)
     
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