FAVORITE Political QUOTES....

[nickshepDEM]

What are your favorite political quotes divided into these categories.

1.) Your favorite political quote of all time...

2.) Your favorite political quote in recent time... (1990-2005)

3.) Funniest political quote...

4.) Dumbest political quote...

[Maddy McCall]

1. Mr. Speaker, I move that when we adjorn, we do so to Salem...

Mr. Speaker, I move that when the House adjourn, we do so to Salem, a quaint village in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose history beckons us thence.

1998, during the Clinton impeachment, but I have no idea who said it.

Edit: It was Gary Ackerman (here's his website: http://www.house.gov/ackerman/

[BrainRants]

2. Believe it or not, it's one of Reagan's: "Trust, but verify"

It comes in especially handy when challenging the shrub administration today.

As in: "We trust Shrub won Ohio, but we want to verify it you election stealing bastards!"

edit: spelling

[politicaholic]

3. Favorite '90-'05

"Higher gas prices are the sign of a failed presidency."

-Dick Cheney 1998-

[arwalden]

4. Go Fuck Yourself - Dick Cheney

[BrainRants]

5. Indeed! Go fuck yourself Dick Cheney! n/t

[AllegroRondo]

6. "I dont consider atheists to be citizens or patriots"

George HW Bush, 1992, when asked by a reporter if he was doing anything to appeal to atheists.

[idiosyncratic]

7. It has to be *'s about OB/GYNs "practicing their love . . ."

This Site is full of ones from Dumya

[saltpoint]

8. Hounded by reported on the subject of whether or not --

-- dog racing should be legal in California, then-Senate-candidate S.I. Hayakawa angrily responded:

"I don't GIVE a good goddam about greyhound racing. I can't think of anything that interests me less."

[kiki]

9. Michael Howard,

leader of the UK Conservative party, last week used the phrase "so-called human rights". Nice.

[kweerwolf]

10. I'm from Missouri, so I just have to quote Harry Truman ...

"Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern
himself with reason and justice."

and

"No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy,
however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected."

and, though it's not necessarily political, I've always liked this quote from Harvey Fierstein:

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."

[Neanderthal]

11. Who can do better that Will Rogers?

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

[kweerwolf]

12. My favorite Democratic quote is ...

"The problem with Democrats is that when you tell them to form a firing squad, they stand in a circle."

I just can't remember who said it. :-(

Anyone know who it was?