Quotes to Remember

[Kennedy 0]

back when America was a republic, not an empire...

***America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She well knows that by one enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standards of freedom. — JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1821)

[mnealtx 0]

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back when America was a republic, not an empire...

***America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She well knows that by one enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standards of freedom. — JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1821)

...and then there's that popular bit about "foreign entanglments." Think anyone in Washington DC has taken that to heart?

[SpeedRacer 1]

The government sometimes … adopts through passion what reason would reject; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations, has been the victim.
-from George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)

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[kallend 2,148]

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our No. 1 priority, and we will not rest until we find him.", G.W. Bush

"I don't know where he is. I have no idea and I really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority.", G.W. Bush

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[EBSB52 0]

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"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our No. 1 priority, and we will not rest until we find him.", G.W. Bush

"I don't know where he is. I have no idea and I really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority.", G.W. Bush

Bahahahahaha..... Kinda reflects the fact that we're an empire, as stated in the first post to this thread....

[Alias 0]

There are no warlike people, just warlike leaders
--Ralph Bunche

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.
--Mahatma Gandhi

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.
--Albert Schweitzer

People prefer to follow those who help them, not those who intimidate them.
--C. Gene Wilkes

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
--Frank Outlaw

Carpe Diem

[Lindsey 0]

US out of my uterus


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