Quotables
by TheGreatEscapeOf2008October 30th, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Filed under: Other Discursive Dialogue, Politics
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Ever hear/read a quote that needs to be exposed? Here is the place. Post your favorite quotes. It doesn't matter who said it, what they reference, or when they were said. Here's just a few of my favorites. I had to look them up for correct wording, that is why they are in order. "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." - Benjamin Franklin "He that lives upon hope will die fasting." - Benjamin Franklin "A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." - Thomas Jefferson "Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." - Thomas Jefferson "When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe." - Thomas Jefferson "We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest." - Thomas Jefferson |
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"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
- Winston Churchill
Take it easy and take care,
-Todd
-Todd
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened."
-Norman Thomas, Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
-Todd