Here's a quote for you....

[Binky]

Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom. ~Taki

[Binky]

Above all else: go out with a sense of humor. It is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. ~Hugh Sidey

[Binky]

Laughter is an instant vacation. ~Milton Berle

[HogTrash]

LOL!...OK Binky, I get the messege.

[Binky]

LOL!...OK Binky, I get the messege.

Go search for some funny quotes Hog. And come back to us laughin'.

[Binky]

"My formula for living is quite simple. I wake up in the morning and go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can." Cary Grant.

[Binky]

"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”
Samuel Adams quote
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“If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
Samuel Adams quote

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“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.”
Samuel Adams quote
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“The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”
Samuel Adams quote
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“Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty”
Samuel Adams quote

[Binky]

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." - Thomas Jefferson
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“If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“Information is the currency of democracy.”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarreling, fighting, burning and torturing one another, for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others, and absolutely beyond the comprehension of the human mind.”
Thomas Jefferson quote
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“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...”
Thomas Jefferson quote

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[Mr. P]

Man who farts in church sits in his own pew. ~ some Chinese guy.

[Binky]

" It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government."
Alexander Hamilton
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"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike."
Alexander Hamilton
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"There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism."
Alexander Hamilton
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"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."
Alexander Hamilton
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“Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.”
Alexander Hamilton quote
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" Ah, this is the constitution," he said. "Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instument will bind us together in mutual interests, mutual welfare, and mutual happiness. But when we become old and corrupt, it will bind no longer."
Alexander Hamilton quote...

[Binky]

John Adams..............

"Fear is the foundation of most governments."
John Adams
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"Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense."
John Adams
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" Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write."
John Adams
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"But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."
John Adams
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"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom."
John Adams
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"The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body. "
John Adams
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"No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it."
John Adams
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"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. "
John Adams, Journal, 1772
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"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives."
John Adams, Letter to Benjamin Rush, 18 April 1808
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'Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it."

John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
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"Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public."
John Adams......
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John Adams quotes:
"The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.
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John Adams quotes:
"Let us disappoint the Men who are raising themselves upon the ruin of this Country."
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[KitchenKitten99]

Confucious say "He who laughs last must not get joke".

[Binky]

1ST ANNUAL GOOFY QUOTE AWARDS

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever,
because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever,
but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"
Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest. [wanna bet on her hair color]?
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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the
world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but
not with all those flies and death and stuff,"
Mariah Carey [now we know why she's such a sensitive actress]
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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of
your life,"
Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal
antismoking campaign.
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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"
Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.
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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates
in the country,"
Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC. [it helps to read crime stats when
you're stoned]
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"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees,"
Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks.
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"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and
I'm just the one to do it,"
A congressional candidate in Texas.
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"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them.
There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians
were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."
John Wayne [just because they've been here 10,000 years, you'd think
they had rights or something]
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"Half this game is ninety percent mental."
Philadelphia! Phillies manager, Danny Ozark [Danny was never really good
at the stats part of baseball]
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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities
in our air and water that are doing it."
George W. Bush, Governor
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"If you let that sort of thing go on, your bread and butter will be cut
right out from under your feet,"
Former British foreign minister, Ernest Bevin.
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"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
Dan Quayle [days like this....I really miss Dan]
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"It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or
another"
George Bush, US President
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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
Lee Iacocca [not all of us can afford mink-lined oxygen masks, Lee]
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"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from
the truth. I assisted in furthering that version,"
Colonel Oliver North, from his Iran-Contra! testimony. [Lied. Say it
slowly, Ollie...L-I-E-D]
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"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like
Norman Einstein,"
Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
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"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of
people."
Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.
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"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
George Bush, US President
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"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
Al Gore, VP
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"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."
Keppel Enderbery
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"The loss of life will be irreplaceable."
Dan Quayle
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"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have
is that I didn't study my Latin harder in school so I could converse with
those people."
"It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago!"
Dan Quayle, VP
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"Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by
itself. It is different from the other 49 states. Well, all states are
different, but it's got a particularly unique situation."
Dan Quayle, VP [they made him swim home after that one]
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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we
received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if
there is a change in your circumstances."
Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina [right after
you call the New York Times]
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"We apologize for the error in last week's paper in which we stated that
Mr. Arnold Dogbody was a defective in the police force. We meant, of
course, that Mr. Dogbody is a detective in the police farce."
Correction Notice in the Ely Standard, a British newspaper
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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as
they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And
the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record."
Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman [and they'll cut off your food stamps]

[Binky]

“When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never
tried before.”
Mae West quotes
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" It's not the men in my life that counts--it's the life in my men.”
Mae West quote
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" I speak two languages, Body and English.”
Mae West quote
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“I've been in more laps than a napkin.”
Mae West quote (Not a doubt in my mind that she had)
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“A hard man is good to find.”
Mae West quote (A no class lassy)
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“Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.”
Mae West quote

[Binky]

"Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.”
Benny Hill quotes