Monday, December 31, 2018

Fortune Quote #2343

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have
one. -- Marcus Procius Cato

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Fortune Quote #2342

I use not only all the brains I have, but all those I can borrow as
well. -- Woodrow Wilson

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Fortune Quote #2341

I try to keep an open mind, but not so open that my brains fall
out. -- Judge Harold T. Stone

Friday, December 28, 2018

Fortune Quote #2340

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people,
under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. --
Thomas Jefferson

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Fortune Quote #2339

I have a dream. I have a dream that one day, on the red hills of Georgia,
the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able
to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. -- Martin Luther
King, Jr.

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Fortune Quote #2338

I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and I fine it
$40. -- Judge Roy Bean, finding a pistol and $40 on a man he'd just
shot.

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Fortune Quote #2337

I don't care how poor and inefficient a little country is; they like to
run their own business. I know men that would make my wife a better
husband than I am; but, darn it, I'm not going to give her to 'em.
-- The Best of Will Rogers

Monday, December 24, 2018

Fortune Quote #2336

I am convinced that the truest act of courage is to sacrifice ourselves
for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to
suffer for others. -- Cesar Chavez

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Fortune Quote #2335

How can you govern a nation which has 246 kinds of cheese? --
Charles de Gaulle

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Fortune Quote #2334

He who slings mud generally loses ground. -- Adlai Stevenson

Friday, December 21, 2018

Fortune Quote #2333

He is the best of men who dislikes power. -- Mohammed

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Fortune Quote #2332

"Government lies, and newspapers lie, but in a democracy they are
different lies."

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Fortune Quote #2331

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Don't overdo
it. -- Lao Tsu

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Fortune Quote #2330

Fay: "The British police force used to be run by men of integrity."
Truscott: "That is a mistake which has been rectified." -- Joe
Orton, "Loot"

Monday, December 17, 2018

Fortune Quote #2329

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your
aim. -- George Santayana

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Fortune Quote #2328

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
And let me also remind you that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no
virtue. -- written by Henry Jaffa, for a speech by Barry Goldwater

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Fortune Quote #2327

Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a
rock. -- Wynn Catlin

Friday, December 14, 2018

Fortune Quote #2326

Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your
way. -- Daniele Vare

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Fortune Quote #2325

Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms
that have been tried from time to time. -- Winston Churchill

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Fortune Quote #2324

Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who
will get the blame. -- Laurence J. Peter

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Fortune Quote #2323

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the
incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. -- G.B. Shaw

Monday, December 10, 2018

Fortune Quote #2322

Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud
what the country could do under first-class management. -- Senator
Soaper

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Fortune Quote #2321

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we
deserve. -- George Bernard Shaw

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Fortune Quote #2320

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no
account be allowed to do the job. -- Douglas Adams, "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Friday, December 7, 2018

Fortune Quote #2319

Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years
organising and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the
office. -- David Broder

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Fortune Quote #2317

Andrea: "Unhappy the land that has no heroes." Galileo: "No, unhappy the
land that NEEDS heroes." -- Bertolt Brecht, "Life of Galileo"

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Fortune Quote #2316

An efficient and a successful administration manifests itself equally in
small as in great matters. -- Winston Churchill

Monday, December 3, 2018

Fortune Quote #2315

All bad precedents began as justifiable measures. -- Gaius Julius
Caesar

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Fortune Quote #2314

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing--and that was
the closest our country has ever been to being even. -- The Best of Will
Rogers

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Fortune Quote #2313

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad
measures. -- Daniel Webster