[stuartcr]

"Silence speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear"

[PatrickHenry]

Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? 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

[albee]

"The best thing you can do for the poor is.............not be one of them!"

Eric Hoffer (I think)

[boris]

Last ones, I promise:

"For I dipp'd into the Future
Far as mortal eye could see;
Saw the Vision of the World;
And all the Wonder that would be.

"Saw the Heavn's fill with commerce,
Argosies of magic sails;
Pilots of the purple twilight,
Dropping down with costly bales."

-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Locksley Hall

"A new thing came, and they could not see it;
A new wind blew, and they would not feel it."
--Lord Dunsany (John Edward Moreton Drax Plunkett), In His Own Country

--Boris

[Dante3]

"Beauty fades, but stupid is forever."

"Betrayal is a garment without seams, and one betrayal inexorably leads to another: codes, secrets, agents, friends, lovers, wives -- all part of a seamless web." (Professor Robert King's conclusion from his studies of British spies and government officials who had betrayed their country)

[Scally Wag]

"Speed limits are there for a reason."

Steve Hounsham, spokesman for pressure group Transport 2000

[Gunner9mm]

"The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity" -- Albert Einstein

[bullseye1911]

To paraphrase good 'ol Tom Jefferson: "Those willing to give up a little measure of Freedom for a little measure of safety, deserve neither Freedom nor safety"

From my dear departed Grandpa (who may have made this unknown quote his own): "Just watch yer pennys, boy, and the dollars will watch themselves!"

[Chapita]

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." John Barrymore

[SAMWolf]

Poor is the nation that has no heroes.
Shameful is the one that, having heroes - Forgets them!

[US admirer]

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards. - Mark Twain

De l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace.- Danton

Sometimes you just have to say: "What the f---" - Tom Cruise

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

[JudyB1938]

"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God,
then we will be a Nation gone under."

President Ronald Reagan, August 23, 1984

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

“If you drink, you’re gonna die.
If you don’t drink, you’re gonna die anyway.
So enjoy life.” – Andy Capp

[InvisibleChurch]

"Did I forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis ? Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks" - Talking Heads

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

"Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society." - Rush Limbaugh

[HarleyWoodrowMantz]

"All happy families are alike, unhappy families are each unhappy in their own way." Tolstoy, Anna Karenena

[scooter2]

To do, is to be. - Socrates

To be, is to do. - Aristotole

Do be do be do. - Sinatra

[The Turbanator]

"Losers always whine about thier best. Winners go home and f*** the prom queen" THE ROCK

[freedomson]

Insanity is an appropriate response to an insane world.

- Frederick Nietze

[Celtjew Libertarian]

"We only of creation,
(How much luckier the bridge and rail)
Abide the twin damnations,
To fail and know we fail.
Yet we, by which sure token,
We know we once we gods
Take shame in being broken
Howver great the odds
The burden or the odds!

Oh veiled and secret power,
Whose paths we seek in vain,
Be with us in this hour
Of overthrow and pain
That we, by which sure token,
We know thy ways are true
That in spite of being broken --
But because of being broken --
Stand up and build anew.
Rise up and build anew!"
--Rudyard Kipling
"Hymn of Breaking Strain."

Or, if you want something shorter:

--Stan Rogers
"The Idiot"