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"Mr. Smith Sir!-As an obvious outsider what are your opinions on the human race?"
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"Eat my shorts"
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Another brilliant mind at work  ...
David Levy
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" Marvellous. They should put one of those things on every aerodrome. Save a lot of taxying."
Pilot Harry Ball-Wilson on being catapulted in a Hurricat to the sky
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" I want to hear nothing. I want to see nothing. I want to know nothing...I know what´s going on, but you don´t need to tell me about it. Don´t ruin my nerves. I need my confidence to be able to work. "
Joseph Göbbels on hearing about the gloomy state of public opinion November 1934...
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" We live in a time when the final battles are in sight, we are already on the threshold of mobilization and are at war, only the guns are not yet firing!"
Göring 17th dec 1936
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Re: Quote of the day III
"He who defends everything defends nothing."
I think this came from Von Clausewitz? Correct me please.
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It was Frederick the Great
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If you can't convince them, confuse them.
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To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches - not I.
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To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches - not I.
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Is there any reference as to whom he was referring to?
it would certainly put that quote in context.
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Is there any reference as to whom he was referring to?
it would certainly put that quote in context.
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I found this Peter Porcupine: IS History Still Written By The Winners?
To hell with them. When history is written, they will be the sons of bitches—not I.
Pres. Harry Truman, On criticism by what he called the “sabotage press,” quoted by Margaret Truman
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....To hell with them. When history is written, they will be the sons of bitches—not I.
Pres. Harry Truman, On criticism by what he called the “sabotage press,” quoted by Margaret Truman
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Well, I'll be darned..... a president that didn't get along with the press.
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oops- double post!
Last edited by scarface; October 30th, 2007 at 04:22 AM.
Reason: OOPS! --- Double post!
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" The whole thing is a most unsound operation with the dice loaded against us in every direction!"
Admiral of the Fleet (RN) Sir Dudley Pound to Admiral of the (U.S.) Fleet Ernest J King on the convoys to Russia in the summer months
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Just because i taught you everything you know, doesn't mean i taught you everything i know.
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"I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious." -Albert Einstein.
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" Junkers Ju 87 is 80% manufactured by Russians..."
State secretary Milch in June 1943 referring to Russian workers in the Luftwaffe plants
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Just because i taught you everything you know, doesn't mean i taught you everything i know.
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I like this one A.S.  I heard it somewhere before but I can't place it, do you know where is it from?
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A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
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