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== Various Quotes ==

''"I have a need for speed. But only as much speed as you can get without bending your knee."''<br>
— US Champion [[Racewalking|Racewalker]]


''"But [[Iraq]]i [[National Rifle Association|gun enthusiasts]] have defended firearms, saying '[[Laser guidance|Laser-guided]] [[Surface-to-air missile|ground-to-air]] [[Shoulder-launched missile weapon|shoulder-mounted rocket launchers]] don't kill people, the [[United States|American]]-[[Israel|Zionist]] conspiracy kills people.'"''<br>
— ''[[The Chaser|The Chaser's]] [[The Chaser's War on Everything|War on Everything]]''


''"[[Blackstone's formulation|It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.]]"''<br>
— ''[[Commentaries on the Laws of England]]''


''"If there is anything the [[nonconformism|nonconformist]] hates worse than a [[conformism|conformist]], it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the [[groupthink|prevailing standard of nonconformity]]."''<br>
— [[William E. Vaughan]]


''“Visitors are informed that in the [[United Kingdom]] traffic [[Right- and left-hand traffic|drives on the left-hand side of the road]]. In the interests of safety, you are advised to practise this in your country of origin for a week or two before driving in the UK.”''<br>
— United Kingdom Ministry of Transport


''"[[war|Inter arma]] enim silent [[Law|leges]]."''<br>
— [[Cicero]]


''"I am not fit for [[Oval Office|this office]] and [[United_States_presidential_election%2C_1920#Republican_Party_nomination|never should have been here.]]"''<br>
— [[President of the United States|President]] [[Warren G. Harding]]


''"Well, when the [[President of the United States|President]] [[Watergate scandal|does]] [[Political corruption|it]], that means that [[Perjury|it]] is [[Impeachment in the United States|not]] [[High crimes and misdemeanours|illegal]]."''<br>
— [[President of the United States|President]] [[Richard Nixon]]

''"[[President of the United States|He]] who saves his Country does not violate any [[High crimes and misdemeanours|Law]]."''<br>
— [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]]


''"I love [[California]], I practically grew up in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]."''<br>
''"Quite frankly, [[teacher]]s are the only profession that teach our children."''<br>
''"[[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] understand the importance of [[Bondage (BDSM)|bondage]] between a mother and child."''<br>
''"[[Preparedness|We are ready]] for [[Anything|any]] [[Unknown unknown|unforeseen event]] that [[Uncertainty|may or may not occur]]."''<br>
— [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dan Quayle]]


''"[[Money]] is [[property]]; it is not [[Freedom of speech|speech]]."''<br>
— [[Supreme Court of the United States|Justice]] [[John Paul Stevens]], in ''[[Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC]]''


''"A gratuitous explosion of vainglory and guts, the movie is all firecrackers and giblets and broken glass. The overall effect is like wading through hospital waste."''<br>
— a review of the movie ''[[Total Recall (1990 film)|Total Recall]]'' by Rita Kempley in ''[[The Washington Post]]''


''"Overt ''[[pacifism]]'' was [[World War I|undeniably]] [[World War II|one of]] the early [[20th century|twentieth century's]] least successful political movements."''<br>
— [[Barbara Tuchman]], ''[[The Guns of August]]''


''"Very early on, we metaphorized our [[history]], and since then we have often historicized our [[metaphor]]s.  When we [[Biblical literalism|literalize metaphors]], we get [[nonsense]]."<br>
— [[Marcus Borg]], ''The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions''


''"[[Nobody|Nemo]] enim fere [[Dance|saltat]] [[Sobriety|sobrius]], nisi forte [[insanity|insanit]]."''<br>
— Cicero


''"I make [[humanism|humanist]] [[propaganda]]. I try to trick people into thinking the world is wonderful so they will act accordingly."''<br>
— [[YouTube]] bad-dancing guy


''"We shall grapple with the [[Ineffability|ineffable]], and see if we may not [[fuck|eff]] it after all."<br>
— [[Douglas Adams]]


''"[[Know thyself|I know myself]], [[I know that I know nothing|but that is all]]."''<br>
— [[This Side of Paradise|Amory Blaine]]