I'm quite sure I've never posted a 107 year old excerpt on this forum. But in light of recent events, including the Chapel Hill terrorist incident last Friday, Churchill's take remains amazingly timely.
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Looks like Winnie had Islam sussed a long time ago.
2 posted on
03/07/2006 6:31:48 PM PST by
Rummyfan
To: southernnorthcarolina
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.Well stated!
3 posted on
03/07/2006 6:33:14 PM PST by
capt. norm
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Too bad Muslims will be the majority in England by 2010!
They're already the majority in Leeds, Bristol, Manchester and two other cities in Churchill's beloved homeland.
To: southernnorthcarolina
Churchill was not even 25 years of age when he wrote that.
Amazing.
5 posted on
03/07/2006 6:36:49 PM PST by
jdm
To: southernnorthcarolina
By the way:
vo·ta·ry
n. pl. vo·ta·ries
1.a. A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service.
b. A devout adherent of a cult or religion; a committed worshiper: the votaries of Aphrodite.
2. A person who is fervently devoted, as to a leader or ideal; a faithful follower.
3. A person who is filled with enthusiasm, as for a pursuit or hobby; an enthusiast.
11 posted on
03/07/2006 6:42:49 PM PST by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: southernnorthcarolina
The age is of little concern. The words ring true yet today reinforcing the text "He who fails to learn the lessons of history is fated to repeat it."
15 posted on
03/07/2006 6:47:41 PM PST by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: southernnorthcarolina
...OVER ISLAM!16 posted on
03/07/2006 6:52:03 PM PST by
NewLand
(Posting against liberalism since the 20th century!)
To: southernnorthcarolina
17 posted on
03/07/2006 6:55:06 PM PST by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(“Don't approach a Bull from the front, a Horse from the rear, or a Fool from any side.”)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Edward Gibbon (of a much earlier age) was even less flattering:
His virtues, as well as the vices of Elagabalus, contracted a tincture of weakness and effeminacy from the soft climate of Syria, of which he was a native; though he blushed at his foreign origin, and listened with a vain complacency to the flattering genealogists, who derived his race from the ancient stock of Roman nobility.
To: southernnorthcarolina
Churchill was born in 1874. He must have written this in his early twenties.
20 posted on
03/07/2006 6:58:54 PM PST by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: southernnorthcarolina
What a brilliant man. The eloquence is mesmerizing and unparalleled.
22 posted on
03/07/2006 7:03:19 PM PST by
JerseyDvl
("Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"-Samuel Johnson to the Dems of today.)
To: southernnorthcarolina
I can not find this quote in the on-line edition version.
26 posted on
03/07/2006 7:14:10 PM PST by
Hiddigeigei
(One doesn't have to regret the Enlightenment to be a conservative!)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Great stuff, thanks for posting!
bump
27 posted on
03/07/2006 7:16:03 PM PST by
freedomson
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Also from Patton:
"It seems to me a certainty that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammed and the utter degradation of the Arab women are the outstanding causes for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have been developing."
General George S. Patton
29 posted on
03/07/2006 7:25:11 PM PST by
Apercu
("Res ipsa loquitur")
To: southernnorthcarolina
"No stronger retrograde force exists in the world."
It would be good to have a thread of all such *politically incorrect* statements from famous statesmen and such to stand tall next to some of today's pablum.
To: southernnorthcarolina
"Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it." Proving once again - The more things change the more they stay the same!
32 posted on
03/07/2006 7:39:09 PM PST by
patriot_wes
(papal infallibility - a proud tradition since 1869)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Great quote! Churchill nailed Hitler and he has pegged the Muslims. To bad people are ignoring him now just as they did when he nailed Hitler. Unfortunately many who don't see his wisdom call themselves conservatives.
33 posted on
03/07/2006 7:39:22 PM PST by
hawkiye
To: southernnorthcarolina
35 posted on
03/07/2006 7:58:10 PM PST by
Dustbunny
(Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers)
To: southernnorthcarolina
38 posted on
03/07/2006 8:15:40 PM PST by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: southernnorthcarolina
“If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam”--George Bernard Shaw
40 posted on
03/07/2006 8:40:53 PM PST by
moonpie57
(Fred Howell McMurray, Jr. The man on my POW bracelet.)
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