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Missouri_Rebel -> Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 2:03:21 AM)
Since the place is so quiet why not have a quote thread? There are many great ones throughout history. Let's keep it to people no longer living in an attempt to stay civil. I'll go first. “It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” ― Mark Twain I'm a huge fan of Twains work and awesome quotes especially the coarse ones.

Aurelian -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 2:47:36 AM)
"To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune." Napoleon.

Missouri_Rebel -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 3:15:48 AM)
Great. And Lincolns thoughts on character, 'Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.'

waltero -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 3:55:04 AM)
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future. Adolf Hitler

sPzAbt653 -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 4:53:39 AM)
I'm trying to think, but nothing's happening ! [Curly]

Aurelian -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 5:10:27 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653 I'm trying to think, but nothing's happening ! [Curly] Every time you think you weaken the nation. (Moe.)

Missouri_Rebel -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 5:35:00 AM)
Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often, and for the same reason – Mark Twain

warspite1 -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 6:44:42 AM)
“I have the body of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England too.” Queen Elizabeth I 1588 addressing the troops at Tilbury ahead of the expected Spanish invasion. Although I liked the Blackadder version more [;)] "I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and the stomach of a concrete elephant!"

Aurelian -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 7:08:21 AM)
'We come to give you liberty and equality, but don't lose your heads about it-the first person who stirs without permission will be shot.' Marshal of the Empire François Joseph Lefebvre

ezzler -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 10:24:55 AM)
Any two western nations combined can defeat Germany. Providing one of them is England. {And one of them isn't France} Admiral Boaty McBoatface RN. 1894. Battle of Dogging Layby

Zap -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 10:51:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aurelian quote: ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653 I'm trying to think, but nothing's happening ! [Curly] Every time you think you weaken the nation. (Moe.) Larry: Napoleon's dead.

Gilmer -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 11:26:03 AM)
"We came, We saw, God Conquered." Jon Sobieski after defeating the Turks, 1683, Vienna.

Kuokkanen -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 3:43:26 PM)
"Minä elän" "I live" - Last words of Aleksis Kivi

Max 86 -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 3:56:49 PM)
"I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap." "I found there is only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people." " I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out." "I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest." "I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample, it had an olive in it." Life Philosopher - Rodney Dangerfield

E -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 6:24:21 PM)
"Why do we have hot water heaters? Hot water doesn't need heating." - George Carlin

Max 86 -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 6:38:06 PM)
"Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason." Mark Twain

Aurelian -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 9:37:37 PM)
Napoleon "The Russians have done us great harm." Soult "And we them, our bullets were not made of cotton." Battle of Eylau Ney "What a massacre! And without results." The day after.

Zorch -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 9:50:03 PM)
Enough of this one-at-a-time stuff... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/funny-jokes/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/funniest-puns-in-history/

Jafele -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 11:36:24 PM)
A man who lets a woman manipulate him is neither man nor a woman. He´s just nothing. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

CGGrognard -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 11:41:18 PM)
"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his." General George S. Patton

CGGrognard -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/10/2016 11:51:28 PM)
Bill Mauldins' Willie & Joe Bill Mauldin and his cartoons published in the Stars and Stripes during the Second World War have always been a favorite of mine.

Missouri_Rebel -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/11/2016 2:15:59 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Zorch Enough of this one-at-a-time stuff... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/funny-jokes/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/funniest-puns-in-history/ 'Any trained chimp can pound out a link.' -Me. Just now. Some pretty funny ones.

Missouri_Rebel -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/11/2016 2:20:16 AM)
'A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.' ― Mark Twain

Ostwindflak -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/11/2016 2:17:31 PM)
"It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French" ~ Heinz Guderian

Kuokkanen -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/11/2016 3:25:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CGGrognard "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his." General George S. Patton There are variations of that saying. Did he repeat it several times with some different words? Or has his original phrase been corrupted over time?

Max 86 -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/11/2016 3:48:28 PM)
"The mission of this Allied Force was fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7th, 1945." General Eisenhower in communique re: the Nazi surrender. [image]local://upfiles/26987/12B538D463DD4A948D0EF6A304D0B19F.jpg[/image]

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/11/2016 5:17:34 PM)
"The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage." --Thucydides

CGGrognard -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/11/2016 9:11:05 PM)
It does seem to have evolved or changed over time, or where the quote comes from. For here's another version of it; one that I've heard a number of times as well. “No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.” General George S. Patton

Aurelian -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/11/2016 9:35:28 PM)
“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.” "Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence" “If someone tells me that I’ve hurt their feelings I’m still waiting to hear what your point is.” Christopher Hitchens.

Gilmer -> RE: Quotes from historical figures (5/11/2016 11:57:50 PM)
I also like the one in my signature... "He that has a mind to fight, let him fight, for now is the time." - Anacreon

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