PandemicSoul Quotelog

Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.

The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

Anyone who feels that the interests of a three-day-old blastocyst just might trump those of a child with full-body burns has had his ethical intuitions blinded by religious metaphysics.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Just saying you’re patriotic is like saying you have a big cock. If you have to say it, chances are it’s probably not true.

We have seen a man dragged to death in Texas simply because he was black. A young man murdered in Wyoming simply because he was gay. In the last year alone, we’ve seen the shootings of African Americans, Asian Americans, and Jewish children simply because of who they were. This is not the American way. We must draw the line.

- January 27, 2000 State of the Union Address

Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past.

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.