The title sort of speaks for itself. Governing a large counrty is like frying a small fish if you poke it to much you'll spoil it.-sun tzu
theres like 8 of these already.... but whatever... No man ever won a war for dying for his country, he won it by making the other bastard die for his. - George S. Patton
There is many variations like military quotes/history quotes etc. Not 100% sure if we have quotes in general. PS. I hate that quote with passion "In the Beginning, God made the Heaven and Earth. The rest was Made in China." -Collin James Dougherty "I'm no sober humanbeing" - Ladygaga "I cant give these people freedom; first they have to kill us and get us out of their country before they can achive it" -Spencer Downing VII "Quantity is a quality on it self" - Vladimir Lenin "I believe that private banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than a standing armies" - Thomas Jefferson "There is only one good; knowlage and one evil; ignorance" -Socrates "A democracy is nothing more than a mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of other 49%" -Thomas Jefferson "Hastala vista, baby" -Arnold Schwarzenegger "We shall hang the Capitailists, we shall use the rope they sell us." -Josef Stalin "Ideas do not need weapons, if they can convince the great masses" - Fidel Castro "Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to atack" - Robert Greene "Even I dont know my? Finnish....it's a working progress." - Jarppi Leppälä You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. - Jeannette Rankin Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. - Mao Tse-Tung FUKOOOOOOOOOV!! - Emperor Pirk + The ones on my sig
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein Common sense is not so common. Voltaire Breaker Morant's last words to the firing squad? "Shoot straight you bastards, and don't make a bloody mess of it!
Too much religous freedom? Well I'll be damned! -William Spencer Downing VII. A nice explosion now and the then makes the mind sharp -Wrex
"If you chase two rabbits you will lose them both." - Navajo Proverb "And them that take the sword will parish by the sword." - The Bible, Mathew "You can't direct the wind, but you can change your sails." - Unknown "You should hammer your iron when it glows red hot." - Publius Syrus "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested." - Sir Francis Bacon "The beurocracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding beurocracy." - Unknown "Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." - Thomas Jefferson "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." - Ali ibn Abi-Talib. "Any society that would give up a little liberty for a little security deserves neither and will lose both." - Benjamin Franklin. "When I give food to the poor, they call me a Saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist." - Dom Helder Camara "The great masses of the people will more easilly fall victim to a big lie than a small one." - Adolf Hitler "We will make electricity so cheap only the rich will burn candles!" - Thomas Edison "The Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot eternally live in a cradle." - Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky "Beep... Beep... Beep... Beep..." - Sputnik I And the ones in my sig.
"A good joke can do more to provoke thought than hours of philosophical discussion." -Attributed to Isaac Asimov
When the white man discovered this country Indians were running it. No taxes no debt, women did all the work White man thought he could improve on a system like this. Old Cherokee Saying ~~~~~~ We, the great mass of the people think only of the love we have for our land, we do love the land where we were brought up. We will never let our hold to this land go, to let it go it will be like throwing away (our) mother that gave (us) birth. Letter from Aitooweyah to John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokees. ~~~~~~ Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of the little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss. Black Elk ~~~~~~ A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky. Crazy Horse ~~~~~~ I am tired of fighting...from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more. Chief Joseph ~~~~~~ The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying. Chief Joseph ~~~~~~ Treat the earth well, It was not given to you by your parents, It was loaned to you by your children. Indian Proverb ~~~~~~ All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man, the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. Chief Seattle ~~~~~~ When a white army battles Indians and wins, it is called a great victory, but if they lose it is called a massacre. Chiksika, Shawnee
God built the earth, the Dutch built Holland and part of a speech from Babylon 5 In the Beginning They would weep, they would pray, they would say good bye to their loved ones, then throw themselves without fear or hesitation at the very face of death itself, never surrendering. No one who saw them fighting against the inevitable could help but be moved to tears by their courage, their stubborn nobility.
“Sometimes I wish I was a woman, just so I could have an abortion.” ? John Waters “We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't fuck them.” ? John Waters ( I'm taking this one to heart)