[norton]

Seems to me that the value of any quote is in the words themselves - what do they say?
Not necessarily in the reputation or fact of the person who originally uttered them:

Anyone know the quote that everyone is referring to?

[Lorianne]

Interest in Pegler was revived when a line originally written by him appeared in Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin's acceptance speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.[6] "We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity", she said, attributing it to "a writer."[11] The speech was written by Matthew Scully, a senior speech writer for George W. Bush.[12]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbrook_Pegler

[nathanbedford]

Seems to me that the value of any quote is in the words themselves - what do they say?

Not necessarily in the reputation or fact of the person who originally uttered them:

I don't know about that, do you think we should be quoting a slave owner, and the sexual molester of his slaves just because he wrote, "all men are created equal..."?