GREAT QUOTES
These are some great Quotes that came across my computer screen this past year. I've been saving them and now I can pass them on and start a new list. Enjoy.............PEACE............Scott
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience - Miguel de Cervantes
The very existence of the state demands that there be some privileged class vitally interested in maintaining that existence. And it is precisely the group interests of that class that are called patriotism. - Mikhail Bakunin, Letters on Patriotism, 1869
Sacred cows make the best hamburger - Abbie Hoffman
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed — Steve Biko
The whole purpose of government is to see that the little fellow who has no special interest gets a fair deal - Harry S Truman
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win." -- Mahatma K Gandhi
“The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand in times of challenge and controversy.” ---Martin Luther King---
"My mind is my church." - Thomas Paine
If you dig a hole that's deep enough,everyone will want to jump into it. -- Firesign Theatre
"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the mean timewe are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war & longoppressions of enormous public debt. . . . If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns,& then we shallhave an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a gamewhereprinciples are the stake.
Better luck, therefore, to us all; and health, happiness, & friendlysalutations to yourself." --Thomas Jefferson, 1798
Too long have the workers of the world waited for some Moses to lead them out of bondage. He has not come; he never will come. I would not lead you out if I could for if you could be led out, you could be led back again. -- Eugene V. Debs
Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, said that "America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment."
If your only involvement in DEMOCRACY is in a voting booth 10 minutes a year, then that's all the democracy you're going to get. -Ventura A. E. Simmons-
Woody Allen: I believe there is something out there watching over us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
Black Elk: “His voice was not loud but it went all over the Universe and filled it. It was more beautiful than anything can be and nothing could keep from dancing.
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket firedsignifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are notfed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is notspending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, thegenius of its scientists, the hopes of its children — Dwight D.Eisenhower.
The penalty good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. - Plato
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." - Thomas Jefferson in a letter to his nephew Peter Carr
"If we shy away from science, we surrender the ability to take charge of our future." -Carl Sagan
"I will fight to the death to protect your right to disagree with me" - Voltaire
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." - Bertrand Russell
"Our future may be found in the past's fugitive moments of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare."Howard Zinn
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience - Miguel de Cervantes
The very existence of the state demands that there be some privileged class vitally interested in maintaining that existence. And it is precisely the group interests of that class that are called patriotism. - Mikhail Bakunin, Letters on Patriotism, 1869
Sacred cows make the best hamburger - Abbie Hoffman
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed — Steve Biko
The whole purpose of government is to see that the little fellow who has no special interest gets a fair deal - Harry S Truman
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win." -- Mahatma K Gandhi
“The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand in times of challenge and controversy.” ---Martin Luther King---
"My mind is my church." - Thomas Paine
If you dig a hole that's deep enough,everyone will want to jump into it. -- Firesign Theatre
"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the mean timewe are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war & longoppressions of enormous public debt. . . . If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns,& then we shallhave an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a gamewhereprinciples are the stake.
Better luck, therefore, to us all; and health, happiness, & friendlysalutations to yourself." --Thomas Jefferson, 1798
Too long have the workers of the world waited for some Moses to lead them out of bondage. He has not come; he never will come. I would not lead you out if I could for if you could be led out, you could be led back again. -- Eugene V. Debs
Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, said that "America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment."
If your only involvement in DEMOCRACY is in a voting booth 10 minutes a year, then that's all the democracy you're going to get. -Ventura A. E. Simmons-
Woody Allen: I believe there is something out there watching over us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
Black Elk: “His voice was not loud but it went all over the Universe and filled it. It was more beautiful than anything can be and nothing could keep from dancing.
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket firedsignifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are notfed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is notspending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, thegenius of its scientists, the hopes of its children — Dwight D.Eisenhower.
The penalty good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. - Plato
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." - Thomas Jefferson in a letter to his nephew Peter Carr
"If we shy away from science, we surrender the ability to take charge of our future." -Carl Sagan
"I will fight to the death to protect your right to disagree with me" - Voltaire
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." - Bertrand Russell
"Our future may be found in the past's fugitive moments of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare."Howard Zinn
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