What's your favorite quotation?
Discussion
First they came for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.
Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.
Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
Those get my vote. Cant think of any good ones myself.
Cabby said:
Churchill - when confronted by some old bat who said "My god man, your drunk!"
To which he replied "Yes ma'm, and you are ugly! But I shall be sober in the morning!"
Not sure if there was a reply!
Paul.
i believe someone also said to churchill, "if i were your wife, id poison your coffee" to which he replied "if you were my wife id drink it!"
arse - beaten to it by 3 minutes
>> Edited by paolow on Monday 8th March 19:53
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."
Abraham Lincoln
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
"By a free country, I mean a country where people are allowed, so long as they do not hurt their neighbours, to do as they like.
I do not mean a country where six men may make five men do exactly as they like."
Lord Salisbury
"When People fear the Government, it's tyranny. When the government fears the people, it's liberty."
Benjamin Franklin
"Mine's a pint."
John Prescott
Abraham Lincoln
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
"By a free country, I mean a country where people are allowed, so long as they do not hurt their neighbours, to do as they like.
I do not mean a country where six men may make five men do exactly as they like."
Lord Salisbury
"When People fear the Government, it's tyranny. When the government fears the people, it's liberty."
Benjamin Franklin
"Mine's a pint."
John Prescott
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Sir Winston Churchill
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - Sir Winston Churchill
When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
The 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
Beware the fury of a patient man. - John Dryden
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. - George S. Patton
Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them quite so much. - Oscar Wilde
Free advice is seldom cheap - the 59th rule of acquisition
ErnestM
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - Sir Winston Churchill
When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
The 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
Beware the fury of a patient man. - John Dryden
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. - George S. Patton
Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them quite so much. - Oscar Wilde
Free advice is seldom cheap - the 59th rule of acquisition
ErnestM
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