And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
Thomas Jefferson in a letter to William S. Smith, 1787
" One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic "
Joseph Stalin
"Death solves all problems - no man, no problem."
Joseph Stalin
P.S Sounds a lot darker in russian.
Hate to be a nit, but there's no record of him saying the first one, and the second is from a novel.
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Originally Posted by Dwight D. Eisenhower
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.
Hate to be a nit, but there's no record of him saying the first one, and the second is from a novel.
Second was attributed to him way before that novel was published. Although, i admit it is a questionable excuse since that novel was published 20-30 odd years after it was written.
Second was attributed to him way before that novel was published. Although, i admit it is a questionable excuse since that novel was published 20-30 odd years after it was written.
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Originally Posted by The Link
In his later book The Novel of Memories Rybakov has admitted that he made the quotation up.
I guess he might be lying; it is a pretty cool line. The novel was in samizdat circulation since the sixties.
The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; but it will require other talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union, or of so considerable a portion of it as would be necessary to make him a successful candidate for the distinguished office of President of the United States. It will not be too strong to say, that there will be a constant probability of seeing the station filled by characters pre-eminent for ability and virtue.
The Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton, FEDERALIST No. 68
A few 'Bushisms'...this guy never failed to make me chuckle
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." --Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000
"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" --Florence, South Carolina, Jan. 11, 2000
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." --Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." --Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
Historical quotes please. Not personal mottoes, song lyrics, witticisms, epigraphs, philosophical aphorisms. Otherwise, prepare to be flooded by a thousand pretty things I've memorized to give myself the shivers at will.
Historical quotes please. Not personal mottoes, song lyrics, witticisms, epigraphs, philosophical aphorisms. Otherwise, prepare to be flooded by a thousand pretty things I've memorized to give myself the shivers at will.