Politician Quotes (Page 2) davidk14: . "But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it" Nancy Pelosi (re: Healthcare Reform Bill) .  Comrade_: "I came to realize that life is that gift from God. And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen."-Richard Mourdock franklin1950: " There are known knowns, there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns ; that is to say we know there are things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns ; the ones we don’t know we don’t know . " Donald Rumsfeld 1932 –  rebel1916: “Our freedom must be had at all hazards. If the men of property will not help us they must fall; we will free ourselves by the aid of that large and respectable class of the community - the men of no property.” (Theobald Wolfe Tone) "To break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils and to assert the independence of my country- these were my objectives. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter - these were my means" (Theobald Wolfe Tone) "Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dares not vindicate them, let no prejudice or ignorance asperse them... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written" (Robert Emmet) “The principle I state, and mean to stand on is this, that the ownership of Ireland, moral and material, up to the sun and down to the centre is vested in the people of Ireland.” (James Fintin Lawlor) “Educate, that you might be free. We are most anxious to get the quiet, strong minded people who are scattered throughout the country to see the force of this great truth.” (Thomas Davis) "They have done their worst, and continued to deny me even the privileges accorded to the common herd . . . but I am sustained by the consciousness of my imputed 'crime' being an honourable one!" (Michael Davitt, Dartmoor prison, 1867) “If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts will be in vain. England will still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through the whole array of commercial and individualist institutions she has planted in this country and watered with the tears of our mothers and the blood of our martyrs ” (James Connolly) "If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst" (James Connolly) "Whoop it up for liberty!............ After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won’t touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and if you won’t pay your rent you will be evicted same as now. But the evicting party, under command of the sheriff, will wear green uniforms and the Harp without the Crown, and the warrant turning you out on the roadside will be stamped with the arms of the Irish Republic. Now, isn’t that worth fighting for?" (James Connolly) "We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times" (James Connolly,1915) “There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations" (Patrick H Pearse) "From death springs life and from the graves of great patriots springs a great nation” (Patrick H Pearse) “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” (Patrick H Pearse) "The ending of partition was inevitable because Ireland was one nation by history and tradition , by facts of race, geography, and economy " (Seamus Costello) "we must make no secret of the fact that we are a revolutionary party , prepared to give leadership on the streets as well as in the elected chambers & that we are out for a revolutionary state" (Seamus Costello) “It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland. I could see them everywhere I spoke and still cannot comprehend the mentality that argues that I should have pretended not to see them, because it wasn’t my business” (Bernadette Devlin-Mcaliskey) "Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something" (Bobby Sands) “They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken" (Bobby Sands) “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children” (Bobby Sands) "Let the Fight go on" (Patsy O'Hara - INLA Hunger Striker) "we must be vigilant that we dont sink into the morass of sectarianism, mixing, pettiness etc. We must not get involved in unprincipled slagging matches etc or into positions that are sectarian, anti-revolutionary, morally damaging that give succour to the enemy & that confuse & divide the working class " (Thomas 'Ta' Power - INLA Guerilla) "Are we amateurs and not professionals? We know the lessons of history, we know the mistakes and we either act accordingly or collapse. Salvation lies in clarity and the courage to implement change" (Thomas 'Ta' Power - INLA Guerilla) rebel1916: The United States for many years has tried to convert Puerto Rico into a model of hybrid culture: the Spanish language with English inflections, the Spanish language with hinges on its backbone — the better to bow down before the Yankee soldier. Puerto Rican soldiers have been used as cannon fodder in imperialist wars, as in Korea, and have even been made to fire at their own brothers, as in the massacre perpetrated by the U.S. Army a few months ago against the unarmed people of Panama — one of the most recent crimes carried out by Yankee imperialism. And yet, despite this assault on their will and their historical destiny, the people of Puerto Rico have preserved their culture, their Latin character, their national feelings, which in themselves give proof of the implacable desire for independence lying within the masses on that Latin American island. We must also warn that the principle of peaceful coexistence does not encompass the right to mock the will of the peoples, as is happening in the case of so-called British Guiana. There the government of Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan has been the victim of every kind of pressure and maneuver, and independence has been delayed to gain time to find ways to flout the people's will and guarantee the docility of a new government, placed in power by covert means, in order to grant a castrated freedom to this country of the Americas. Whatever roads Guiana may be compelled to follow to obtain independence, the moral and militant support of Cuba goes to its people. Che Guevara rebel1916: “They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn’t want to be broken.” “We must see our present fight right through to the very end.” “We refuse to lie here in dishonor! We are not criminals, but Irishmen! This is the crime of which we stand accused.” “Generations will continue to meet the same fate unless the perennial oppressor-Britain-is removed, for she will unashamedly and mercilessly continue to maintain her occupation and economic exploitation of Ireland to judgment day, if she is not halted and ejected.” “Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small; no one is too old or too young to do something.” “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.” “I am a political prisoner. I am a political prisoner because I am a casualty of a perennial war that is being fought between the oppressed Irish people and an alien, oppressive, unwanted regime that refuses to withdraw from our land. “I believe and stand by the God-given right of the Irish nation to sovereign independence, and the right of any Irishman or woman to assert this right in armed revolution. That is why I am incarcerated, naked and tortured. “Foremost in my tortured mind is the thought that there can never be peace in Ireland until the foreign, oppressive British presence is removed, leaving all the Irish people as a unit to control their own affairs and determine their own destinies as a sovereign people, free in mind and body, separate and distinct physically, culturally and economically. “I believe I am but another of those wretched Irishmen born of a risen generation with a deeply rooted and unquenchable desire for freedom. I am dying not just to attempt to end the barbarity of H-Block, or to gain the rightful recognition of a political prisoner, but primarily because what is lost in here is lost for the Republic and those wretched oppressed whom I am deeply proud to know as the ‘risen people’.” “They will not criminalise us, rob us of our true identity, steal our individualism, depoliticise us, churn us out as systemised, institutionalised, decent law-abiding robots. Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal.” “I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul.” “I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people.” “Ní bhrisfidh siad mé mar tá an fonn saoirse agus saoirse mhuintir na hEireann i mo chroí. Tiocfaidh lá éigin nuair a bheidh an fonn saoirse seo le taispeáint ag daoine go léir na hEireann ansin tchífidh muid eirí na gealaí.” [If they aren’t able to destroy the desire for freedom, they won’t break you. They won’t break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then we’ll see the rising of the moon] Bobby Sands  lavendar_star: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman2 ( - on Monica Lewinsky) Bill Clinton "I don't know what I would do without Whitelaw. Everyone should have a Willy". - Margaret Thatcher.Former British PM, She really did have some balls. "I think war is a dangerous place." "You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." Some truth telling there, he was that simple lol From the Comedy legend that is Bush Jr lavendar_star: "I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people" "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a "part" of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a "part" of Europe."Dan Quayle was Vice President of the USA. "I got fed up with all the sex and sleaze and backhanders of rock and roll so I went into politics". - Tony Blair Nov 1994- The irony!!! Politicians really are dumbarses.  lori100: "Well, I learned a lot....I went down to (Latin America) to find out from them and (learn) their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries"-------Pres. Reagan lori100: "What does an actor know about politics?" -criticizing Ed Asner for opposing American foreign policy ------------ "My name is Ronald Reagan. What's yours?" -introducing himself after delivering a prep school commencement address. The individual responded, "I'm your son, Mike," to which Reagan replied, "Oh, I didn't recognize you."--------------Pres. Reagan davidk14: . I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. Harry S. Truman . lori100: It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. Joseph Stalin  the real slim DEEPy: when someone buys a machine, someone had to make make that machine. and that means there are more jobs at the machine making place- w bush (Edited by the real slim DEEPy) davidk14: . "But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." Bill Clinton . lori100: "Sarah, if the American people had ever known the truth about what we Bushes have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." George Bush Senior speaking in an interview with Sarah McClendon in December 1992-----------see that,even Bush sr. knows how evil he is....... (Edited by lori100)  CatO9_Tales: "A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." ~Thomas Jefferson CatO9_Tales: "Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it." ~Benazir Bhutto davidk14: . "For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed. It conducts the Cold War, in short, with a war-time discipline no democracy would ever hope or wish to match." President John F. Kennedy Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York City, April 27, 1961. . lori100: ^^^^^President Kennedy was talking about the illuminati..........he turned against them and it cost him his life....... the real slim DEEPy: jfk, referring to a cabinet meeting in the white house dining room. "never before has such intelligence been collected in this room, except on the rare occasion thomas jefferson dined alone." lori100: When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson | Politics Chat Room 62 People Chatting Similar Conversations |