Quotes

**Lambik** · 11-08-2008, 06:49 PM

“Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them -- this is of the essence of leadership.”

~Theodore H. White~

**Boon Mee** · 12-08-2008, 02:00 AM

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.
— Molière

**Boon Mee** · 12-08-2008, 02:30 AM

“Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100% of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.” -- Barack Obama Sr.

**Lambik** · 12-08-2008, 06:14 PM

"So, why are McCain's actions any more excusable than Edwards'? Because it was thirty years ago? Does that wash it away? Will we be fine with Edwards running for office again in a couple of years because then it will all be in the past? What is the statute of limitations on an affair?"
~Cenk Uygur~

**Boon Mee** · 13-08-2008, 02:46 AM

Should one point out that from ancient times a decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end?
— Alexander Solzhenitsyn

**Lambik** · 13-08-2008, 08:41 AM

"I took him(Nicolas Sarkozy) aside and said: 'I posed in the nude.' He said: 'Oh, I like this one. Can I have a print?'"
~Carla Bruni~

**Boon Mee** · 14-08-2008, 02:45 PM

Who are we? The answer to this question is not only one of the tasks, but the task of science.
— Erwin Schrödinger

**Boon Mee** · 14-08-2008, 04:40 PM

“We should continue to push for a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate end to the violence. It’s a clear violation of the sovereignty and internationally recognized borders of Georgia.” -- Barack Obama

**Lambik** · 15-08-2008, 07:56 AM

"It's hard to imagine what measures NATO could take under a McCain presidency, but in the mind of a man who thinks US troops should stay in Iraq for 100 years, and who runs around singing "Bomb Bomb Iran!" it's not hard to guess--and even harder not to be horrified by what it may mean come January 2009, should he win. "
~Mark Ames/The Nation~

**Boon Mee** · 15-08-2008, 09:02 PM

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
— Charles Darwin

**Lambik** · 16-08-2008, 08:30 AM

"Most Americans realize the problems facing our nation and the world today. With this realization comes despair. But out of despair, we have hope....and that hope is change"
~Barack Hussein Obama~

**Boon Mee** · 16-08-2008, 02:39 PM

Language is fossil poetry.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

**Lambik** · 17-08-2008, 08:48 AM

"John McCain is a solitary guy,Cindy's making her own appearances, so we don’t get to see what their marriage is like.That differs from Barack and Michelle Obama, who have often shared the stage together and demonstrated a team mentality. "
~Karen Bradley, professor at the University of Maryland ~

**Boon Mee** · 17-08-2008, 04:24 PM

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
— William Blake

**Boon Mee** · 17-08-2008, 09:15 PM

The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person..."
-- Barack Obama

**Lambik** · 18-08-2008, 07:46 AM

"Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up."
~Muhammad Ali~

**Boon Mee** · 18-08-2008, 04:28 PM

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
— Dan Quayle

**Lambik** · 19-08-2008, 07:51 AM

“Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity”
~ Michel de Montaigne~

**Homer** · 26-08-2008, 02:31 PM

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." - Walter Lippman

Go search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival. - Frederick Douglass - July 4, 1852

"Oh! Had I the ability, and could I reach the nation's ear, I would today pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced. . . . " Frederick Douglass - July 4, 1852

Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people: John Adams

**Lambik** · 27-08-2008, 07:48 AM

"Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime."
~Lord Acton~

**Boon Mee** · 01-09-2008, 10:06 PM

"The clearest evidence that choosing Palin as the VP was a good move can be seen in the panic with which the Democrats are responding to it." – Monty

**Boon Mee** · 01-09-2008, 10:38 PM

" I'm investing in something I believe in. I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels." -- Speaker Nancy "Ms. Hankey" Pelosi

**Boon Mee** · 01-09-2008, 10:46 PM

You know, I am a believer in … in knowing what you’re doing when you apply for a job. Uh, and I think that … if I were seriously to consider running on a national ticket, I would essentially have to start now, before having served a day in the Senate. Now there may be some people who are comfortable doing that, but I am not one of those people. — Barack Obama, 2004

**Lambik** · 02-09-2008, 07:47 AM

"As for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?"
~Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, (CNBC "Kudlow & Co.)~

**Boon Mee** · 04-09-2008, 01:20 AM

"Is it just me or has Bristol Palin gotten more 'ink' than Joe Biden’s lobbyist son? Imagine if the roles were reversed. I think we all know how that would be perceived." -- Paul Jackson

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