OK, let's have a "Quotes" thread!

those who do not remember history...

(no pun) trumped by

history repeats...

Trump that!!

Dying is easy. Comedy is difficult.
-- Actor Edmond Gween, on his deathbed.

Sometimes I wrestle with my Demons!

Other times. We just snuggle.

it was what it was

I Saw That "-Karma"

"A coke head loves lots of lines, whereas the programmer does not." Me, BW-userx

Get thee behind me Satan! And push me in! Me I think!

It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the people to possess the additional advantages of local governments chosen by themselves, who could collect the national will, and direct the national force; and of officers appointed out of the militia, by these governments and attached both to them and to the militia, it may be affirmed with the greatest assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned, in spite of the legions which surround it.– James Madison

Now I know why giving the finger to poor drivers has no effect anymore. They are too busy texting.

LQ user/mod ~ jefro

Quoting out of context (sometimes referred to as contextomy or quote mining) is an informal fallacy and a type of false attribution in which a passage is removed from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.

"not reading an entire statement draws a wrong conclusion. It is taking it out of context. therefore a wrongful conclusion is the result. It is them that do this that are wrong not the one they are accusing. Because they have deviated from a truth. Not the one they are accusing."

Me,

Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.– Andrei Sakharov

"Give the likes of Baldrick the vote and we'll be back to cavorting druids, death by stoning and dung for dinner..." --Blackadder

That sounds a bit like Trump and the KKK

Because doing good and helpful things for people is not a duty of justice, you can not force people to be good and helpful. You can force people not to steal or murder, because not stealing and not murdering are duties of justice. We can enforce duties of justice.– Jason Sorens