Famous, infamous, or just cool political quotes that you like.

Discussion in 'Politics' started by noviceGrower420, Jan 23, 2012.

  1. "It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours." - Harry S. Truman

    "Condemn me, it does not matter; history will absolve me." - Fidel Castro

    "If Mr. Kennedy does not like Socialism, we not like imperialism. We do not like Capitalism." - Fidel Castro


    "Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." - Mao Zedong
     
  2. "I always win"

    Congressman Ron Paul
     
  3. “Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”
    ―Howard Zinn
     
  4. "We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it is similar to regimes in our countries - both types include many who are full of arrogance and greed."
    Osama bin Laden

    "They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken."
    Bobby Sands
     
  5. "For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex...uh...setbacks." —George Bush Sr.

    "Ozone Man, Ozone. He's crazy, way out, far out, man." —George Bush, Sr., speaking about Al Gore during the 1992 presidential campaign

    My two favorite Bush Sr. quotes.
     
  6. #6 cball, Jan 23, 2012
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    "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!"






    "Read my lips: no new taxes"
     
  7. Complacency is the enemy of study. -Mao

    The nature of the struggle is defined by the oppressor. -Mandella
     
  8. "I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah."

    I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president."

    "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."

    GW Bush
     
  9. "We're the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad."

    "The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries."

    "UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems." –attempting to make the case for government-run healthcare

    "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

    Barack Obama
     
  10. - jfk
     
  11. "I don't give a goddamn. I'm the President and Commander in Chief. Do it my way.

    ...

    Stop throwing the Constitution in my face, it's just a goddamned piece of paper!"

    -Bush
     
  12. When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
    ~P.J. O'Rourke
     
  13. "Truth is treason in the empire of lies." - Ron Paul
     
  14. Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
    Ronald Reagan

    By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.
    Adolf Hitler

    Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.
    Gerry Adams
     
  15. That's originally an Orwell quote, just in case you didn't know. :)
     
  16. #16 hoboleader, Jan 23, 2012
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    "I don't mean go out and get violent; but at the same time you should never be nonviolent unless you run into some nonviolence. I'm nonviolent with those who are nonviolent with me. But when you drop that violence on me, then you've made me go insane, and I'm not responsible for what I do."
    ~Malcom X

    "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
    ~malcom x
     
  17. No, I didn't. Thanks. :wave:
     
  18. “My idea of a perfect government is one guy who sits in a small room at a desk, and the only thing he’s allowed to decide is who to nuke. The man is chosen based on some kind of IQ test, and maybe also a physical tournament, like a decathlon. And women are brought to him, maybe ... when he desires them.”

    -Ron Swanson
     
  19. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPPkyq3ByhQ]George Bush's stupid quotes - YouTube[/ame]
     
  20. "Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty" - TJ

    "Preventive war is like suicide out of fear of death" - Bismark

    "You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter, I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the Eternal God, will rout you out." - AJ
     

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