Talk Elections

'Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters'  (Rosa Luxemburg)

“You can't be suspicious of a tree” -Hal Borland

Casse toi alors, pauvre con -Nicolas Sarkozy

Although seriously,

C'est pas la droite, la France; c'est pas la gauche, la France! -Charles de Gaulle

First, I will give you a random quote that I like:

"Wir sind wehrlos aber nicht ehrlos." - Otto Wels

Now for the real thing:

"We have a great objective - the light on the hill - which we aim to reach by working the betterment of mankind not only here but anywhere we may give a helping hand." - Ben Chifley

the otto wels quote is great. (one of the few great moments in german parliament in the last century).

"The government which governs least, governs best"
   -Henry David Thoreau

"When you sacrifice freedom for safety, you recieve neither"
   -Ben Franklin

"Yippie-ky-yay, motherfucker!" - John McClane

"Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion." - Mario Vargas Llosa

and

"A society that puts equality...ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality or freedom." - Milton Friedman

"Is this not the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free..."

Isaiah 58

There's a lot more.  But you get the idea.

"I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party"

-Paul Wellstone

or perhaps

"Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives."

Indeed. It's a shame all the rest were blind to it, at the very moment of defeat.

My Username.

And "The Truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth".

BTW, any reason for the strange spelling?

The line is a direct quote and was made roughly 200 years ago. (Though Lewis has informed me that the "is" should be "ist" anyway.. but I'm lazy.)

I see.

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

-Patrick Henry

Nothing about the Mexicans?

One of the oldest tricks is to tell a big lie, and keep telling it.  You seem to use that as your trademark!

Are you incapable of understanding the concept that person who illegally enter the country should be deported irrespective of their nationality, or do you believe that all illegal entrants are Mexicans?

It was a joke. Lay off.

I don't want to turn this thread into yet another debate. We have quite enough.

"America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men."

-Woodrow Wilson

or maybe:

"All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance."

-Edward Gibbon

"America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning. "

-Nelson Rockefeller

"I like big butts and I can not lie; you other brothers can't deny that when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face, you get sprung, wanna pull out your tough.  'Cause you notice that butt was stuffed deep in the jeans she's wearing.  I'm hooked and I can't stop staring."

-- Sir Micks of Lotte (1795-1859)

Ah, very socially liberal yet you favor free markets.  Interesting