Favorite Quotes

[Martin Hash]

"Consequences are a built-in feature of free speech." - DBTrek

[Martin Hash]

"Other countries embraced the enlightenment, our country was born of it. " - Hanarchy Montanarchy

[heydaralon]

"Tolls and toll roads are a major part of my platform when I run for office! Increase tolls, and put them on all the roads."

-Myrtyn Hysh

[Montegriffo]

[Haumana]

5. A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
This is perhaps one of the more popular quotes attributed to Churchill in recent years. But even if he said it, and I’ve found no reliable evidence that he did, many other people said versions of it before him.

Before the turn of the 21st century, the quote was more often attributed to Mark Twain. For some reason, sometime in the late 1990s and early 2000s there’s a shift and many quote books start attributing the saying to Churchill.

The Mark Twain version of the quote often uses “boots” instead of “pants,” but either way, Twain was far from the first to express this sentiment, if he did at all. The most common date ascribed to Twain using this quote is 1919. Twain died in 1910.

There are dozens of instances of this quote popping up in the 19th century, as Quote Investigator helpfully lays out. And the sources are all different, as you can see.

In 1840, one publication attributed it to Thomas Jefferson: “falsehood will travel over the country, while truth is pulling on its boots.” While a magazine from 1846 called it a Chinese Proverb: “Error will travel over half the globe, while truth is pulling on her boots.”

But the oldest version might come from as early as 1787 in a collection of sermons written by the British clergyman Thomas Francklin: “Falsehood will fly, as it were, on the wings of the wind, and carry its tales to every corner of the earth; whilst truth lags behind; her steps, though sure, are slow and solemn...”

Whoever said it first, it wasn’t Churchill.

https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/9-quote ... 1790585636

[Speaker to Animals]

[Fife]

[heydaralon]

"The majestic equality of the Law forbids rich and poor alike from begging in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread to eat."

-Anatole Fife

[Kath]

Kath, can you honestly look at the stuff Democrats, academia, and social activists are proposing and try to draw an equivalency right now? The left has open contempt for the 1st and 2nd Amendments right now. They are not even trying to conceal this fact. Both parties have used terrorism and drugs to severely erode our civil liberties, but the Left is a far bigger threat to these values. I don't like either party, but they are not equally bad.

This is true, but it swings back and forth. 10 years ago, the R team was licking its' wounds and floundering around. They got their shit together and are looking strong. The D team may lick their wounds a bit longer, though. They are now realizing that hate for Trump is not a platform.

[heydaralon]

Kath, can you honestly look at the stuff Democrats, academia, and social activists are proposing and try to draw an equivalency right now? The left has open contempt for the 1st and 2nd Amendments right now. They are not even trying to conceal this fact. Both parties have used terrorism and drugs to severely erode our civil liberties, but the Left is a far bigger threat to these values. I don't like either party, but they are not equally bad.

This is true, but it swings back and forth. 10 years ago, the R team was licking its' wounds and floundering around. They got their shit together and are looking strong. The D team may lick their wounds a bit longer, though. They are now realizing that hate for Trump is not a platform.

With their wins in the House, I think they will continue it. But I do agree with you on the cyclical nature of American politics.