Greatest Quotes of all Time

[Lovecox]

"There are those for whom hate and rage pay a higher dividend of immediate satisfaction than love."

Aldous Huxley - The Devils of Loudon

[sukumvit boy]

Way back during the First World War ,when Winston Churchill was secretary of the navy, he was criticized about his orders in the Dardinells. They accused him of violating "the great traditions of the Royal Navy".
His reply,"the great traditions of The Royal Navy are Rum,Buggary and The Lash."

Subsequent scholars were unable to find this quote in the offical records and questioned
his long time personal secretary who told them that Churchill admitted he never said it but said,"I wish I had".

[loren]

The people will believe what the media tells them to believe. - George Orwell

[Prospero]

"With a most inhuman cruelty, they who have put out the people's eyes reproach them for their blindness."

John Milton

[Prospero]

"The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks."

John Dahlberg-Acton, Lord Action the 1860s

[Prospero]

and finally from the same Lord Action

"Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought."

[loren]

If the North triumphs, it is not alone the destruction of our property. It is the prelude to anarchy, infidelity the loss of free and responsible government. It is the triumph of commerce. The banks, factories.

We should meet the invader on the verge of just defense and raise the black flag. No quarter to the violators of our homes and firesides. - Stonewall Jackson from Gods and Generals

[trish]

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say that there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg -Jefferson: Notes on Virginia.

[TempestTS]

“We are visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. If you contribute to other people’s happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.”
- The Dalai Lama

[buttslinger]

Here's one I need to remember....