NationStates Jolt Archive

"I saw in States’ rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope, not as the destruction but as the redemption of Democracy . . . . Therefore I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our liberty, our progress, and our civilization; and I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo."

-Lord Acton


"We consider Communism as bad as imperialism."

-Jomo Kenyatta


"Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own way, and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of any other man."

-Adam Smith


"Capitalism is relatively new in human history. Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man."

-Walter Williams


"To those of this Godless ideology, neither vows, promises, oaths, nor written agreements mean a thing. Their philosophy is to lie, cheat, steal, or kill so long as it furthers the aim and goal of Communism- which is world domination."

-Anastasio Somoza Debayle

Pennies do not fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth
-Maggie Thatcher

"Hello, this is your pilot speaking. It looks like we have a little incoming fire ahead. At this time I would like to ask all passengers to return to their seats, fasten their safety belts, and extinguish all smoking materials. Have a nice fight."

"But the backdrops peel and the sets give way
And the cast are eaten by the play:
There's a murderer at the matinee;
There are dead men in the aisles

And the patrons and the actors too
Are uncertain if the show is through
And with sidelong looks await their cue
But the frozen mask just smiles."

- V: (Moore, A. and D. Lloyd, V for Vendetta)

"Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view
Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause
Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State,
Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall off
From their Creator, and transgress his Will
For one restraint, Lords of the World besides?
Who first seduc'd them to that fowl revolt?
Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd
The Mother of Mankinde, what time his Pride
Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host
Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring
To set himself in Glory above his Peers,
He trusted to have equal'd the most High,
If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aim
Against the Throne and Monarchy of God
Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud
With vain attempt."

- John Milton, Paradise Lost

More when I've got more time :)

"I asked this guy, I said, Come on man, Dinosaur fossils. What's the deal? Dinosaur fossils? God put those there to test our faith. I think God put you here to test my faith, dude. You believe that? 'Uh huh.' Does that trouble anyone here? The idea that God might be fuckin' with our heads? Anyone have trouble sleeping restfully with that thought in their heads? God's running around, burrying fossils: 'Hu hu ho. We will see who believes in me now, ha HA. Im a prankster god. I am killing me. Ho ho ho ho.' You know, you die, you go to St. Peter, 'Did you you believe in dinosaurs?" "Well, you know, there was fossils everywhere.' [Bill makes sound effects with his mic] KOOM Aaaahhhh. 'What are you, an idiot? God was FUCKING with you! Giant flying lizards, you moron! That's one of God's easiest jokes!' 'It seemed so plausibleeeee! Ahhhhhhhh!' Bound for the lake of fire. . . . While I appreciate your quaint traditions, supersitions, and, you know, I on the other hand am an evolved being who deals solely with the source of light which exists in all of us, in our own minds, no middle man required. [laughs] But anyway, I appreciate your little games and shit, you putting on the tie and going to church, a de da de da. But you know there's a LIVING GOD WHO WILL TALK DIRECTLY FUCKING TO YOU. Sorry, but not too many pages of the Bible that FORGOT TO MENTION DINOSAURS!" - Bill Hicks.

"Nietzsche is dead."
-God

Duff man oh yeah!!!

Eat my shorts!

"Nietzsche is dead."
-God
:D Y'know, sometimes I'd wonder what Nietzsche would think about th current state of the world, considering his criticism of the german culture aroud him, if he was still alive today and then I realise; He'd still be insane!

There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness
- Kasturba Makharji


Facists don't think "hmmm this mixture of socialism, capitalism combined with an authoritarian system intregues me," they think "i hate niggers. who'll help me?"
- DHomme


“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently”
- Friedrich Nietzsche


“Education is the ability listen to almost anything without losing your temper”
- Robert Frost


“Yesterday’s answers have nothing to do with today’s questions.”
- Dave Mustaine


“Life is not a race - it is a journey”
- ?


“Don't ever stop asking questions, because then you'll stop growing.”
- The old hippie, hippie.com


“Take an eye for an eye and soon the whole world is blind.”
- Mohandas K. Gandhi



“Gold has no value but that placed upon it”
- me (if no-one else)


“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying this is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody”
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau


“Guns are an effective means of making people do things they don't want to. Money, too, is an effective way of exerting power over people, especially those who cannot meet their needs without it.”
- altruists.org


"Resorting to violence is an admission of inability"
- Dobbs Town



Capitalism makes the wealth, Socialism redistributes the wealth, and Communism is the truly equal society at the end. You don't need more wealth if you already have everything you need.
- Kanabia

:D Y'know, sometimes I'd wonder what Nietzsche would think about th current state of the world, considering his criticism of the german culture aroud him, if he was still alive today and then I realise; He'd still be insane!He'd probably still have syphillis too...

'I believe in Karma, that means I can do bad stuff to people all day long and I assume they deserve it.' Dogbert

I use it as my MSM screenname.:)

Karl Marx was right, it is just that he had the wrong species

Edward O. Wilson, myrmycologist

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.
Gore Vidal

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Lord Acton

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
Jorge Luis Borges

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
Larry Flynt

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Ambrose Bierce

Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
Ambrose Bierce

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
Larry Flynt

Rofl :p

for however long or short we walk this path together our lives will be for ever changed.

Me as far as I know that being said

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.
Ambrose Bierce

Regards,

JMayo