Quotes XXXVI


"Anarchy might be great, if only it could be enforced"
-- Joe Sobran

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"Some of you are concerned about the attack helicopters and mortar fire from the base," I will tell you this: those are the sounds of peace."
-- Lt. Col. Mark Davis
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"Is there a number or mark planned for the hand or forehead in a new cashless society? YES, and I have seen the machines that are now ready to put it into operation."
-- Ralph Nader
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"That man is no fool who gives that which he can never keep to gain that which he can never lose."
-- Jim Elliott
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Now that you know the truth, that's one more person they'll have to kill.
-- Bad Sam
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Your silence will not protect you!
-- Audre Lorde
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"I fear the CIA may take me out!", "If the CIA slips me something and next week you don't see me, you'll all know what happened."
-- Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin
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"we must protect against future storms or hurricanes whether natural or man made"
-- Chertoff
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Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us
--Count Leo Tolstoy
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"Anarchy might be great, if only it could be enforced"
-- Joe Sobran
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"When, in some obscure country town, the farmers come together to a special town meeting, to express their opinion on some subject which is vexing the land, that, I think, is the true Congress, and the most respectable one that is ever assembled in the United States."
-- Henry David Thoreau,
"Slavery in Massachusetts," 1906 Houghton Mifflin edition printing
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"Democrats: Always standing up for what they later realise they should have believed in."
--Jon Stewart, the Daily Show
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It is vital that people "count their blessings" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.
-- Abraham Maslow
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
-- George Orwell
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A nation that refuses to wake up at this point is in a dangerous slumber. The nightmares are upon us now. They will remain until our eyes are opened and we have awakened to the truth.
-- Marianne Williamson
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We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
-- Martin Luther King
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
-- George Washington
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New Orleans was murdered, neglect and greed murdered New Orleans
-- Cyril Neville
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Quotes below via Daily Kos:

Quotes from when Clinton committed troops to Bosnia:

"You can support the troops but not the president."
--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years."
--Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?"
--Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99

"[The] President . . . is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy."
--Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)

"American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy."
--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy."
--Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of George W Bush

"I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning . . I didn't think we had done enough in the diplomatic area."
--Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)

"I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our over-extended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today"
--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."
--Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)

Posted: Fri - October 7, 2005 at 11:51 PM            

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