Favourite Quotes

[von Ryan]

Not from BU, from people, books, speeches, whatever

Some of my favourites:

Originally Posted by Communist Manifest, Karl Marx & Frederich Engels

Money is a common product, and can only be put in movement by the common activity of most society members, and even so, ultimately, by the common activity of all society members.

Money, therefore, is not a personal power; it is a social power.

So, if money is transformed in common property belonging to all society members, it is not a personal property that transforms in a social property. Only the social character of property is transformed. It loses its class character.

Originally Posted by Charles de Gaulle

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Originally Posted by Albert Einstein

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Originally Posted by Paulo Junger, French Teacher

Alors, aurez une bonne récréation et sortez preférablement par la fenêtre

I had to translate the Communist Manifest quote and the one by Charles de Gaulle, so I don't know if they're accurate.

[Rick]

www.bash.org

[HangFire]

Originally Posted by Wacky Frenchman

Alors, aurez une bonne récréation et sortez preférablement par la fenêtre

Hmm, let me see, without the aid of the mighty Babelfish:

Originally Posted by Hangie-translator

Then, ?? a good recreation and leave preference by the window

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

$eu, let me teach you that your french teacher is horrible

Some good ones:

Originally Posted by Mikhail Bakunin, Anarchist Internationale

The Bible, which is a very interesting and here and there very profound book when considered as one of the oldest surviving manifestations of human wisdom and fancy, expresses this truth very naively in its myth of original sin. Jehovah, who of all the good gods adored by men was certainly the most jealous, the most vain, the most ferocious, the most unjust, the most bloodthirsty, the most despotic, and the most hostile to human dignity and liberty - Jehovah had just created Adam and Eve, to satisfy we know not what caprice; no doubt to while away his time, which must weigh heavy on his hands in his eternal egoistic solitude, or that he might have some new slaves. He generously placed at their disposal the whole earth, with all its fruits and animals, and set but a single limit to this complete enjoyment. He expressly forbade them from touching the fruit of the tree of knowledge. He wished, therefore, that man, destitute of all understanding of himself, should remain an eternal beast, ever on all-fours before the eternal God, his creator and his master. But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his bestial ignorance and obedience; he emancipates him, stamps upon his brow the seal of liberty and humanity, in urging him to disobey and eat of the fruit of knowledge.

We know what followed. The good God, whose foresight, which is one of the divine faculties, should have warned him of what would happen, flew into a terrible and ridiculous rage; he cursed Satan, man, and the world created by himself, striking himself so to speak in his own creation, as children do when they get angry; and, not content with smiting our ancestors themselves, he cursed them in all the generations to come, innocent of the crime committed by their forefathers. Our Catholic and Protestant theologians look upon that as very profound and very just, precisely because it is monstrously iniquitous and absurd. Then, remembering that he was not only a God of vengeance and wrath, but also a God of love, after having tormented the existence of a few milliards of poor human beings and condemned them to an eternal hell, he took pity on the rest, and, to save them and reconcile his eternal and divine love with his eternal and divine anger, always greedy for victims and blood, he sent into the world, as an expiatory victim, his only son, that he might be killed by men. That is called the mystery of the Redemption, the basis of all the Christian religions. Still, if the divine Savior had saved the human world! But no; in the paradise promised by Christ, as we know, such being the formal announcement, the elect will number very few. The rest, the immense majority of the generations present and to come, will burn eternally in hell. In the meantime, to console us, God, ever just, ever good, hands over the earth to the government of the Napoleon Thirds, of the William Firsts, of the Ferdinands of Austria, and of the Alexanders of all
the Russias.

I love his style

Originally Posted by Albert Einstein, at the beginning of the McCarthy era

Production is carried on for profit, not for use. There is no provision that all those able and willing to work will always be in a position to find employment; an "army of unemployed" almost always exists. The worker is constantly in fear of losing his job. Since unemployed and poorly paid workers do not provide a profitable market, the production of consumers' goods is restricted, and great hardship is the consequence. Technological progress frequently results in more unemployment rather than in an easing of the burden of work for all. The profit motive, in conjunction with competition among capitalists, is responsible for an instability in the accumulation and utilization of capital which leads to increasingly severe depressions. Unlimited competition leads to a huge waste of labor, and to that crippling of the social consciousness of individuals which I mentioned before.

This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career.

I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilized in a planned fashion. A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman, and child. The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellow men in place of the glorification of power and success in our present society.

You didn't know that, eh ?

Originally Posted by Dwight D. Eisenhower, farewell address to the nation

This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence – economic, political, even spiritual – is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.

Who said we weren't warned ?

Originally Posted by Joseph Goebbels, nazi propaganda minister

It is always a simple matter to drag 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. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.

Hmmm.... haven't I heard that rhetoric somewhere else again ?

Originally Posted by Gospel of Phillip, dead sea scrolls

And the companion of the Saviour is Mary Magdalene. But Christ loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on the mouth. The rest of the disciples were offended by it and expressed disapproval. They said to him Why do you love her more than all of us? The Saviour answered and said to them, Why do I not love you like her?

rofl

[Leagle]

Because of this reason, for order lazeres they and pref?rablement with the window leave, to have ??

[Lazy]

Whats with all the serious quotes?
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"A word of advice...
The path to knighthood is paved with strength and nobility, not LSD and sideburns."

- Will Farrell as the black knight

[HangFire]

Serious is no good? Then heres a couple quotes from my 5 years of LAN parties, we've always kept a big text file of them. Alcohol may or may not have had an influence on some of them, I can't remember.


"Windows XP is having an idiocy moment."

"Hold on, I've got geek grundge on my mouse."

"I hate the internet. Ignorance _was_ bliss."

[Exilibur]

Well, i was gonna quote marx, but i see you've already done that, creusson... which warms my heart

Never knew einstein was a socialist... that's pretty cool.

I can't quite follow this anarchist fellow... He is construction a picture of god blended from the old and the new testament, which is two opposite stories with different values and two alltogether different gods.

let me instead quote another philosopher i really like:

Originally Posted by Niccoló Machiavelli: The Prince

Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you

Originally Posted by Niccoló Machiavelli: The Prince

But when it is necessary for him to proceed against the life of someone, he must do it on proper justification and for manifest cause, but above all things he must keep his hands off the property of others, because men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony

[Rick]

Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders

(http://www.bash.org/?338364)

[Leagle]

"Mr. President! We MUST NOT ALLOW a mine-shaft gap!!"