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Short Hand

Post your favourite/Favorite quotes/sying here in this thread.

Here are some of mine:

"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." - Hermann Goering, April 18, 1946, while awaiting the Nuremberg trials. (While the man was not so great, what he said is.)

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"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism" - Thomas Jefferson

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"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." (Napoleon Bonaparte)

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Short Hand is Offline Brigadier General Posts: 10,721 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: C-eH-N-eH-D-eH eH?	Official "Post Your Favourite/Favorite Quote Thread&quo - 08-15-2004, 02:51 PM Post your favourite/Favorite quotes/sying here in this thread. Here are some of mine: "Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." - Hermann Goering, April 18, 1946, while awaiting the Nuremberg trials. (While the man was not so great, what he said is.) _ "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism" - Thomas Jefferson _ "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." (Napoleon Bonaparte)