Quotes to ponder on the anniversary of September 11th, 2001
September 11, 2010 2 Comments
First they came for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.Then they stopped coming altogether,
and everything was awesome for everyone.Except for the Commies, but fuck them.
–Martin Niemöller
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, are really just being prudent. I mean, what kind of idiot doesn’t want as much security as possible?
–Benjamin Franklin
Give me liberty, but not those other guys.
–Attributed to Patrick Henry
Don’t tread on me. Instead, let’s all tread on those people over there.
–Christopher Gadsden
Unless you’ve got something to offer, stay the hell out.
–Inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of religious minorities and politicians with whom we disagree.
–Thomas Jefferson
Religion and government are like chocolate and peanut butter, and thus are even better the more they are mixed together.
–James Madison
I disapprove of what you say, and so I will do everything I can to stop you from saying it.
–Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, except when it would be in bad taste; or abridging the freedom of popular speech, or of the corporate press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to scream at government officials and make thinly-veiled death threats unless they kowtow to unreasonable demands.
–First Amendment to the United States Constitution
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross, and dangling a set of Truck Nutz.
–Attributed to Sinclair Lewis.
…but…but…I love truck nutz!
Freedom of wood must be refreshed from time to time the blood of religious minorities and the politicians with whom we disagree.Religion and the government are like chocolate and peanut butter, and is even better, they are mixed.