Thread: Quotes

"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others." - Ayn Rand

" "There is no delight in owning anything unshared"

~Seneca~

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible "lifestyles" turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

George Will

Sadly, I cannot go after Pamela or else my wife will snap off my cock.

~Borat

Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama go to heaven,
God addresses Al first. ''Al, what do you believe in?''

Al replies: "Well, I believe that I won that election,

but that it was your will that I did not serve. And I've come to understand that now.''

God thinks for a second and says:
"Very good. Come and sit at my left.''

God then addresses Bill. "Bill, what do you believe in?''

Bill replies: "I believe in forgiveness.I've sinned, but I've never held agrudge against my fellow man,and I hope no grudges are held against me.''

God thinks for a second and says:"You are forgiven, my son. Come and sit at my right.''
Then God addresses Barrack. "Barrack, what do you believe in?''
Barrack replied: "I believe you're in my chair."

I can't recall President Bush ever urging Congress to just shut up and pass anything. The arrogance of this man is breathtaking. -- Rick Moran

This is a perfect display of elitism — someone telling people that they don’t know how to calculate their own self-interest and declaring that a few people in Washington can figure that out for them better than they can themselves. It’s patronizing, condescending, and in fact is the very kind of attitude that created the impulse for our separation from the paternalistic monarchy that refused to allow for the notion that the colonies should have a say in their own governance.-- Ed Morrissy

The Commonwealth Fund, in its annual survey, "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall", compares the performance of the health care systems in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and the U.S. Its 2007 study found that, although the U.S. system is the most expensive, it consistently underperforms compared to the other countries.[26] Two differences between the U.S. and the other countries in the study is that the U.S. is the only country without universal health insurance coverage, and the highest cost of malpractice insurance than any nation in the study.

If the coming back of the United States to Asia means a resurgence of political conflict and the upsetting of regional stability, it would be better if the United States were to leave Asia alone.

The world has been damaged enough by the credit crunch and financial meltdown due mainly to the mismanagement of the US economy characterised by the absence of corporate governance and the poor regulatory function on the part of the US economic and business system, which spilled over to the nations of the world.

The positive role of a nation with the status of a super power is to foster peace and political stability by reducing political rifts among members in the family of nations. High-handed acts, despite their good intentions, can backfire.

Prof Dr Likhit Dhiravegin (Fellow of the Royal Institute/Thailand).

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.

George Will

"Everything the president says and does is not wrong, stupid or un-American."

~Bill O'Reilly/Talking Points~

"Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms." ~ Aristotle

"Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequaled alike."

Plato

"The biggest argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter."

Winston Churchill

“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face,” -- Barack Hussein Obama

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face,” -- Barack Hussein Obama

"Get in their face". His way in keeping with his pledge for the end of partisan politics.

Taken 'out of context' from the messenger of peace, that old sod Mohamad:


"Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war."

koran 9:5

QUOTE OF THE DAY



The Burmese soldiers and officers must be told of their tarnished prestige and the harm done to their country by a few decrepit and corrupt generals who are involved in mass murder and the plundering of their country.
— Jose Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor

irrawaddy.org

The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.
— Alan Blinder, Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1994

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
— Ezra Pound

For Boon and some others:


'Here's my strategy on the Cold War:We win, they lose.'- Ronald Reagan'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'-Ronald Reagan'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' - Ronald Reagan'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.'- Ronald Reagan'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.' - Ronald Reagan'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.' - Ronald Reagan'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' - Ronald Reagan'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.' - Ronald Reagan'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' - Ronald Reagan'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.' - Ronald Reagan'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'- Ronald Reagan

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 knowing how it happened.... I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democratic Party has adopted our platform.

- Norman Mattoon Thomas, 1944, socialist,
pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate
of the Socialist Party of America

"It takes an honest, upright, innocent man to resign at midnight on a holiday weekend when the boss is on vacation." Anon

...talking about Van Jones

Socialism is the scam by which a criminal syndicate convinces parasitical idiots that everyone can live for free on everyone else's dime. After the arguments that no one should have to choose between healthcare and whatever, we'll soon hear arguments that no one should have to choose between housing and clothing, then that no one should have to choose between clothing and food, then that no one should have to choose between food and water, and so on until communism has been attained and we find ourselves on our knees thanking the government for the barest subsistence. But at least it will be free. -- Anon

"Asean is not giving as much importance to problems in Burma as it is to economic cooperation in the region,"

Than Pe, chairman of the Overseas National Students' Organisation of Burma

Asean scraps plan to appeal over Suu Kyi