The OFFICIAL quotes that motivate you thread

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Post quotes that motivate you, make you laugh, make you think, inspire you, ect.


Ill start with some from Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.
 
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"I'm someone who has a deep emotional attachment to Starsky and Hutch."


- Bill Clinton
 
From my favorite American alive, RON PAUL

You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.

Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

We need a strong president, strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power the President shouldn?t have.


The federal government has no right to treat all Americans as criminals by spying on their relationship with their doctors, employers, or bankers.

?War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.?

?The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.?

Because federal hate crime laws criminalize thoughts, they are incompatible with a free society.
 
"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada."


- Britney Spears
 
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."


- Brooke Shields
 
Jim Carrey

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.
 
Bill Cosby

I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
 
"I think the team that wins Game 5 will win the series. Unless we lose Game 5."


- Charles Barkley
 
George Carlin

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.

You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
 
"I have opinions of my own --strong opinions-- but I don't always agree with them."


- George Bush
 
Whenever I watch TV and I see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I would love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.

Mariah Carey
 
Whenever I watch TV and I see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I would love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.

Mariah Carey

OMFG. Wow, just when I thought she couldn't be any dumber.
 
By our commander in chimp Dubya...in 2007


George W Bush, what a FUCKING MORON


You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone.

"I fully understand those who say you can't win this thing militarily. That's exactly what the United States military says, that you can't win this military

As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured.

These are big achievements for this country, and the people of Bulgaria ought to be proud of the achievements that they have achieved

Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence

One of my concerns is that the health care not be as good as it can possibly be.

And my concern, David, is several

And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it.
 
Bush quotes from 2008

We've got a lot of relations with countries in our neighborhood.

I thank the diplomatic corps, who is here as well

Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever

"I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be -- hold hands

This thaw -- took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw.

And they have no disregard for human life.(this was said about taliban fighters.)

Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have helped transform 13 small colonies into a great and growing nation of more than 300 people
 
Bushisms from 2006

Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to families who die

The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done

You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war President. No President wants to be a war President, but I am one

The Patriot Act has increased the flow of information within our government and it has helped break up terrorist cells in the United States of America. And the United States Congress was right to renew the terrorist act -- the Patriot Act

I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders

think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say those words?

I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it.

No question that the enemy has tried to spread sectarian violence. They use violence as a tool to do that.

And I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great British company.

I like my buddies from west Texas. I liked them when I was young, I liked them then I was middle-age, I liked them before I was president, and I like them during president, and I like them after president

You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath underseas and under fire. (addressing the troops Overseas.
 
Seriously, how the hell did this guy pass a Yale English class?

Bushisms from 2005

We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job.

So please give cash money to organizations that are directly involved in helping save lives -- save the life who had been affected by Hurricane Katrina

The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending time investigating it.

I can only speak to myself

It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way

We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives -- like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write
 
"It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago"


- Dan Quayle
 
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.


Thomas Paine
 

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