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Nya citat 2005-07-21
Human beings are not animals, and I do not want to see sex and sexual differences treated as casually and amorally as dogs and other beasts treat them. I believe this could happen under the ERA.
Ronald Reagan, speaking against the Equal Rights Amendment
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy. But that could change.
Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle
For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex ... uh... setbacks.
George Bush Sr
The United States has much to offer the third world war.
Ronald Reagan in a speech, on what the United States had to offer the Third World. He repeated this error nine times in the same speech.
If we maintain our faith in God, our love of freedom, and superior global air power, I think we can look to the future with confidence.
General Curtis LeMay, in a speech given at Notre Dame's Washington's Birthday exercises, February 1956
What really causes marital abuse is small families. If all women had a lot of brothers, this would never take place.
Charies Poncy, Iowa State Representative (D-Ottumwa)
Don't confuse me with the facts. I've got a closed mind.
Earl Landgrebe, Republican Congressman from Indiana and Nixon supporter, when told about incriminating conversations on the Watergate tapes
[I ask you to] work together with me for a better life for oil... I mean all.
Senator Henry Jackson, campaigning in 1976
Organisation är styrka. Och detta saknar inte betydelse. Om det fanns något dokument som var heligt för den svenska arbetarrörelsen så var det inte Marx Kapitalet utan ABF:s mötesteknik. I ett evigt tragglande med dagordningar, mötesregler och protokoll växte en fast rotad demokratisk kultur fram, gemensam för kommunister och socialdemokrater. Det var i denna träning som hundratusentals vanliga svenskar fick sin viktigaste utbildning, som de lärde sig att ta ordet och framföra sina krav. De lärde sig att diskutera, fatta beslut och ta ansvar för dem
Örjan Appelquist
Jag och mina kollegor är inte de enda som står inför rätta. Shell står inför rätta här. Företaget har förvisso smitit ifrån just denna rättegång, men Shells dag kommer.
Ken Saro-Wiwa, författare, till domstolen innan han hängdes av den nigerianska regimen för att ha protesterat mot Shells exploatering av landet
I've lived under situations where every decent man declared war first and I've lived under situations where you don't declare war. We've been flexible enough to kill people without declaring war.
Lewis B. Hershey, Lieutenant General and director of the Selective Service System, on the Vietnam War
It was a mistake. It shows a lack of politeness to kill people when the Pope asks us not to do it.
Guatemalan govemment official on the execution of political prisoners just before the Pope's visit
People are not just killed by death squads in El Salvador - they are decapitated and then their heads are placed on pikes and used to dot the landscape. Men are not just disemboweled by the Salvadoran Treasury Police; their severed genitalia are stuffed into their mouths. Salvadoran women are not just raped by the National Guard; their wombs are cut from their bodies and used to cover their faces. It is not enough to kill children; they are dragged over barbed wire until the flesh falls from their bones, while parents are forced to watch.
Daniel Santiago, Catholic priest
Det utmärkande för den skada som vållas genom att man undertrycker en åsikt ligger däri att man sålunda begår en stöld från mänskligheten, från de efterkommande såväl som från de nu levande, från de som avviker från åsikten ännu mer än från de som hyser den. Om åsikten är riktig berövas de möjligheten att utbyta villfarelsen mot sanningen. Är den oriktig går de miste om en nästan lika stor förmån, nämligen den klarare insikt om och åskådligare bild av sanningen, som uppkommer då denna konfronteras med villfarelsen.
John Stuart Mill
When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you.
Movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn, to a young writer
If you're looking for a role model, you can't have someone who is not physically fit. Margaret Mead was a good role model, but she may not have looked good in a swimsuit.
Leonard Home, Miss America Pageant director, on why a swimsuit competition is necessary
I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.
Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, and owner of 3,400 pairs of shoes
My men grumble that they are frustrated — that there are no good targets left any more. But I always remind them of the plight of the pilots back in the States. "Let's face it," I tell them, "Vietnam is the only place in the world today where you can drop real bombs."
U. S. Air Force wing commander during the Vietnam War
[The exports include] thumbscrews and cattle prods, just routine items for the police.
US Commerce Department spokesman on a regulation allowing the export of various products abroad
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