Great Quotes by Great Men~ (69)
"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.
This is just as true of the man who puts "native" before the hyphen as of the man who puts German or Irish or English or French before the hyphen. Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.
But if he is heartily and singly loyal to this Republic, then no matter where he was born, he is just as good an American as any one else.
The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English- Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian- Americans, or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality than with the other citizens of the American Republic.
The men who do not become Americans and nothing else are hyphenated Americans; and there ought to be no room for them in this country. The man who calls himself an American citizen and who yet shows by his actions that he is primarily the citizen of a foreign land, plays a thoroughly mischievous part in the life of our body politic. He has no place here; and the sooner he returns to the land to which he feels his real heart-allegiance, the better it will be for every good American."
Addressing the Knights of Columbus in New York City - October 12, 1915
But sadly it has happened that people put like German-American,African-American,Italian-American etc.
Balkanizing America.
This is just as true of the man who puts "native" before the hyphen as of the man who puts German or Irish or English or French before the hyphen. Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.
But if he is heartily and singly loyal to this Republic, then no matter where he was born, he is just as good an American as any one else.
The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English- Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian- Americans, or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality than with the other citizens of the American Republic.
The men who do not become Americans and nothing else are hyphenated Americans; and there ought to be no room for them in this country. The man who calls himself an American citizen and who yet shows by his actions that he is primarily the citizen of a foreign land, plays a thoroughly mischievous part in the life of our body politic. He has no place here; and the sooner he returns to the land to which he feels his real heart-allegiance, the better it will be for every good American."
Addressing the Knights of Columbus in New York City - October 12, 1915
But sadly it has happened that people put like German-American,African-American,Italian-American etc.
Balkanizing America.
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Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.
-Thomas Jefferson
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
-Thomas Jefferson
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
-Thomas Jefferson
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?
-Thomas Jefferson
-Thomas Jefferson
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
-Thomas Jefferson
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
-Thomas Jefferson
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?
-Thomas Jefferson
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Amen to #3 
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"I've got a million ideas. The country can't afford them all."
Hilliary Clinton
Hilliary Clinton
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"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get it's pants on." -- Winston Churchill
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shipoker55: ***“It is better to die on your feet, than to live a lifetime on your knees” - Emiliano Zapata
I thought that was Monica LewinskyIt is better to die on your feet, than to live a lifetime on your knees” - Emiliano Zapata
I thought that was from Monica Lewinsky
I thought that was Monica LewinskyIt is better to die on your feet, than to live a lifetime on your knees” - Emiliano Zapata
I thought that was from Monica Lewinsky
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BobBilly: Some great ones there, some of my faves....I value kindness to human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and old men and women warmer in the winter, and happier in the summer.
- Brendan Behan
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
-- Oscar Wilde
I have great faith in fools - self confidence my friends call it.
-- Edgar Allan Poe
I could dance till the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows till you come home.
-- Groucho Marx
I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent.
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
I can't understand it. I can't even understand the people who can understand it.
-- Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
I have a simple philosophy:
Fill what's empty.
Empty what's full.
Scratch where it itches.
-- A. R. Longworth
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
-- Groucho Marx
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
-- Jules de Gaultier
I drink to make other people interesting.
-- George Jean Nathan
I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way, did not become still more complicated.
-- Poul AndersonSome others whom I don't know are attributed to...If God had meant for man to be naked, he'd have given me bigger hands.
I can resist anything but temptation.
I like work ... I can sit and watch it for hours.
I didn't like the play, but I saw it under adverse conditions. The curtain was up.
I never met a piece of chocolate I didn't like.
I've known him as a man, as an adolescent and as a child - sometimes on the same day.
I've seen better heads on half a pint of beer.
It was a virgin forest, a place where the Hand of Man had never set foot.
- Brendan Behan
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
-- Oscar Wilde
I have great faith in fools - self confidence my friends call it.
-- Edgar Allan Poe
I could dance till the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows till you come home.
-- Groucho Marx
I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent.
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
I can't understand it. I can't even understand the people who can understand it.
-- Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
I have a simple philosophy:
Fill what's empty.
Empty what's full.
Scratch where it itches.
-- A. R. Longworth
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
-- Groucho Marx
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
-- Jules de Gaultier
I drink to make other people interesting.
-- George Jean Nathan
I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way, did not become still more complicated.
-- Poul AndersonSome others whom I don't know are attributed to...If God had meant for man to be naked, he'd have given me bigger hands.
I can resist anything but temptation.
I like work ... I can sit and watch it for hours.
I didn't like the play, but I saw it under adverse conditions. The curtain was up.
I never met a piece of chocolate I didn't like.
I've known him as a man, as an adolescent and as a child - sometimes on the same day.
I've seen better heads on half a pint of beer.
It was a virgin forest, a place where the Hand of Man had never set foot.
Those are pretty damn good! : )
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There are very few personal problems which cannot be resolved with a suitable application of high explosives. (Author known, but, again, wishing to remain anonymous.)
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