November 17
2003
- A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. This every sister of the Bene Gesserit knows. ~ Frank Herbert in Dune
- selected by Kalki
2004
- There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. ~ Henry David Thoreau
- selected by Kalki
2005
- It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily. ~ Martin Scorsese (born 17 November 1942)
- proposed by UDScott
2006
- Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it in the hands of a monarch, a dictator, an oligarchy, or a momentary majority. ~ Milton Friedman (recent death)
- proposed by Kalki
2007
- The paramount question of the day is not political, is not religious, but is economic. The crying-out demand of today is for a circle of principles that shall forever make it impossible for one man to control another by controlling the means of his existence. ~ Voltairine de Cleyre
- proposed by InvisibleSun
2008
- When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it. ~ Christopher Paolini
- proposed by Zarbon
2009
Suggestions
The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. ~ Thomas Jefferson, in honor of the NRA being granted charter in NYC- 2 UDScott 14:53, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 18:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)- 0 Kalki 22:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC) This did not seem genuine to me, as in Jefferson's time the issue would hardly be disputed, and a quick check of it finds no sources, and a pro-gun site which declares it bogus. I might add it to the "Misattributed" section on Jefferson's page after finding out more about it.
- 1 Zarbon 06:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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Note to self: religion: freaky. ~ Sarah Michelle Gellar as "Buffy Summers" in "What's My Line, Part 1", Buffy the Vampire Slayer (shown that day)
- 2 UDScott 14:53, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
- 1 InvisibleSun 18:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 22:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 06:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free, you will have a hundred lawyers proving that "freedom does not mean abuse, nor liberty license"; and they will define and define freedom out of existence. ~ Voltairine de Cleyre (born November 17, 1866)
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 22:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 06:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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The basis of all political action is coercion; even when the State does good things, it finally rests on a club, a gun, or a prison, for its power to carry them through. ~ Voltairine de Cleyre
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 22:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 06:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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Workers, the most absolutely necessary part of the whole social structure, without whose services none can either eat, or clothe, or shelter himself, are just the ones who get the least to eat, to wear, and to be housed withal — to say nothing of their share of the other social benefits which the rest of us are supposed to furnish, such as education and artistic gratification. ~ Voltairine de Cleyre
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 22:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 06:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made. ~ Shelby Foote
- 2 Zarbon 04:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 18:17, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
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Politics, as I never tire of saying, is for social and emotional misfits, handicapped folk, those with a grudge. The purpose of politics is to help them overcome these feelings of inferiority and compensate for their personal inadequacies in the pursuit of power. ~ Auberon Waugh
- 2 Zarbon 04:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 18:17, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 20:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
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The human face is the organic seat of beauty.... It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul. ~ Eliza Farnham
- 2 Zarbon 04:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 18:17, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 20:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
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The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth. ~ Eliza Farnham
- 2 Zarbon 04:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 18:17, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
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The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living. ~ Christopher Paolini
- 2 Zarbon 04:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 18:17, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 20:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
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Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. ~ Christopher Paolini
- 3 Zarbon 04:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 18:17, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 20:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
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Success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. ~ Soichiro Honda
- 2 Zarbon 04:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 18:17, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 20:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
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Because the water raises rice and the fishes live in the water, I don’t want to contaminate it. ~ Soichiro Honda
- 2 Zarbon 04:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 18:17, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
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