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Born_a_Democrat Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 08:24 AM
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Favorite Political Quotes
Edited on Fri Aug-15-03 08:24 AM by Born_a_Democrat
Just to complement the other "favorite quote" post:


If it is accepted as fact that Con is the opposite of Pro then can it not also be said that Congress is the opposite of Progress?

--Annonymous
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phillybri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 08:31 AM
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1. Here's several....
The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then gets elected and proves it.
-P.J. O'Rourke

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American Public." - Theodore Roosevelt

"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce and brave man, hated and scorned. when his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." - Mark Twain

"I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag." Rep. Craig Washington (D)

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." President Dwight D. Eisenhower April 16, 1953
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Rainbowreflect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 08:39 AM
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3. Fair & Balanced, faux news.
I like yours better.
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alterfurz Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-03 08:38 AM
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2. from the "Kingfish"...
The time has come for all good men to rise above principle. -- Huey Long
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