Some Quotes

I found an old text file of quotes I had. Here's a sampling:

Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

"Mark Twain could preach a sermon and entertain at the same time. But Mark Twain had talent."

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"Political correctness is tyranny with manners."

James Madison, wrote in defense of the proposed Constitution, in the Pennsylvania Gazette of Feb. 20, 1788: "Their swords, and every other terrible instrument of the soldier, are the birth right of an American. ... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or the state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto - “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.”

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
(Whatever is said in Latin, sounds profound.)

"By nature's law, man is at peace with man till some aggression is committed, which, by the same law, authorizes one to destroy another as his enemy." --Thomas Jefferson to Edmond C. Genet, 1793.

To: lakewriter
They simply hate everybody. They are equal opportunity despisers. The Shi'ites hate the Sunnis and the Sunnis hate the Shi'ites. Both hate the Kurds. They bomb the Turks. Iraq and Iran warred on each other. Hamas hates Fatah and vice-versa. There's a Fatwa on Muslim preachers who cooperate with the West. The trouble is, most anybody can issue a Fatwa and you have mutual Fatwas.

They hate the Indians, Russians, Filipinos, Europeans despite all, Americans and most of all the Jews. They hate everyone, individually and personally. They hate those who hate them and hate those who love them. They hate those who surrender and those who resist. They hate, hate and hate. We shouldn't take it personally. I'm beginning to think that if you took the hate out of Islam you would find nothing at all.
46 posted on 04/03/2004 by wretchard (I'm not sure what board I found this on)

I believe it was Cpt. Kirk who said... "Fortune Favors the Foolish"

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Regan:

"Government is not the solution, it's the problem." — Inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1981

"I had a copy of the Soviet Constitution and I read it with great interest. And I saw all kinds of terms in there that sound just exactly like our own: 'Freedom of assembly' and 'freedom of speech' and so forth. Of course, they don't allow them to have those things, but they're in there in the constitution. But I began to wonder about the other constitutions -- everyone has one -- and our own, and why so much emphasis on ours. And then I found out, and the answer was very simple -- that's why you don't notice it at first. But it is so great that it tells the entire difference. All those other constitutions are documents that say, 'We, the government, allow the people the following rights,' and our Constitution says 'We the People, allow the government the following privileges and rights.' We give our permission to government to do the things that it does. And that's the whole story of the difference--why we're unique in the world and why no matter what our troubles may be, we're going to overcome." -RR

"Honey, I forgot to duck." — To Nancy Reagan in the emergency room after he was shot by a would-be assassin, March 30, 1981.

"I've always stated that the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth is a government program." — April 1986

"I urge you to beware the temptation of pride, the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire, to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil. ...

"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." — Joke while testing microphone, Aug. 11, 1984

"Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born."

"Back then (before 1981), 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, Remarks to the White House Conference on Small Business, Aug. 15, 1986

"I heard those speakers at the other convention saying, 'We won the Cold War,' and I couldn't help wondering, just who exactly do they mean by 'We'?"
-Ronald Reagan, Address to the Republican National Convention, Aug. 17, 1992

"No one has yet found a way to repeal the law of supply and demand."
-Ronald Reagan, Address as Governor of California, 1972

"If the U.N. does not like New York, they are free to move, perhaps to Moscow." --Reagan

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"Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you," Sen. Clinton said. "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." --Hillery Clinton @ A democratic fundraiser for Sen. B. Boxer - BETH FOUHY, AP Political Writer in SFGate Monday 28 June 2004

"You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig." --Clint Eastwood, as The man with no name "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him. --Jonathan Swift 1667—1745

Never express yourself more clearly than you can think. --Niels Bohr 1885—1962

"Windows is a 32-bit extension to a 16-bit graphical shell for an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor by a 2-bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition."

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -- Churchill

When asked if violence did not simply beget more violence, Colonel Cooper responded "It is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure — and in some cases I have — that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy"

"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." --Mark Twain

“Having a gun and thinking you are armed is like having a piano and thinking you are a musician.” -Jeff Cooper

"Owning a gun no more makes you a gunfighter than owning a Stradivarius violin makes you a concert violinist." -Jeff Cooper

"when one is being swarmed by squadrons of impassioned zulus, one shot stops are entirely acceptable -Jeff Cooper

"Leadership is getting people to do something they dont want to, & like it."-Teddy Roosevelt

"The welfare of the people became the responsability of the government, ,whereas before then government was the responsability of the people. American thought & outlook were altered. Large segments of our people were willing to exchange personal freedom for a sense of social security". -Charles E. Sorensen

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" --Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775

Most people come from the Creator equipped with 2 hands. One to reach out to the fallen, the other to hold the club should he come up with a knife.