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Post by andydp on Feb 26, 2022 13:17:58 GMT
It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
Robert Walpole
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Post by andydp on Feb 27, 2022 15:04:06 GMT
Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.
Andrew Johnson
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Post by andydp on Feb 28, 2022 12:30:11 GMT
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Alexander the Great
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Post by andydp on Feb 28, 2022 21:21:22 GMT
Extra afternoon diatribe. See if this fits in with current events.
1 Corinthians 10:23-24
23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
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Post by andydp on Mar 1, 2022 17:21:40 GMT
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
Thucydides
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Post by andydp on Mar 2, 2022 17:20:37 GMT
Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.
George Washington
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Post by pnwguy on Mar 2, 2022 19:40:13 GMT
Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.George Washington Liberal kumbaya claptrap! Democrat enemies need to be found, arrested, and purged, unless they bend the knee to our Glorious Leader in Mar-a-Lago. What kind of traitor is this Washington fellow? Did he ever lead troops into battle like Field Marshal Trump? This guy George sounds like he'd be on an apology tour with Europe from day one.  |
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Post by andydp on Mar 2, 2022 20:44:00 GMT
Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.George Washington Liberal kumbaya claptrap! Democrat enemies need to be found, arrested, and purged, unless they bend the knee to our Glorious Leader in Mar-a-Lago. What kind of traitor is this Washington fellow? Did he ever lead troops into battle like Field Marshal Trump? This guy George sounds like he'd be on an apology tour with Europe from day one.  He secured the airports against Hessian mercenaries. |
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Post by pnwguy on Mar 2, 2022 20:51:04 GMT
Liberal kumbaya claptrap! Democrat enemies need to be found, arrested, and purged, unless they bend the knee to our Glorious Leader in Mar-a-Lago. What kind of traitor is this Washington fellow? Did he ever lead troops into battle like Field Marshal Trump? This guy George sounds like he'd be on an apology tour with Europe from day one. He secured the airports against Hessian mercenaries. ROFL True. What a feat of valor. Not a single Hessian attack bomber or fighter jet made it through! Hessians had to be parachuted onto the beaches. |
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Post by goldenvalley on Mar 3, 2022 1:38:38 GMT
Liberal kumbaya claptrap! Democrat enemies need to be found, arrested, and purged, unless they bend the knee to our Glorious Leader in Mar-a-Lago. What kind of traitor is this Washington fellow? Did he ever lead troops into battle like Field Marshal Trump? This guy George sounds like he'd be on an apology tour with Europe from day one. He secured the airports against Hessian mercenaries. How come they don't teach that history in our schools??? |
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Post by pnwguy on Mar 3, 2022 3:40:24 GMT
He secured the airports against Hessian mercenaries. How come they don't teach that history in our schools??? Anti-white bias. Fox News intends to produce some documentaries highlighting these overlooked events during White History Month. |
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Post by andydp on Mar 3, 2022 23:09:25 GMT
As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least wit are the greatest babblers.
– Plato
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Post by andydp on Mar 4, 2022 17:57:39 GMT
Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.
Zoroaster
Addendum: Its way better than being an asshole
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Post by andydp on Mar 7, 2022 13:30:08 GMT
It doesn't matter if it takes a long time getting there; the point is to have a destination.
Eudora Welty
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Post by andydp on Mar 8, 2022 13:17:27 GMT
In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
Doris Lessing
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Post by indy on Mar 8, 2022 13:37:51 GMT
In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
Doris Lessing Isn't this just the greater part of life? One I am an abject failure at. |
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Post by andydp on Mar 9, 2022 13:02:24 GMT
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
Maya Angelou
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Post by andydp on Mar 10, 2022 17:54:42 GMT
No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.
Virginia Woolf
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Post by andydp on Mar 11, 2022 18:39:52 GMT
The most important quality of an inept person is to rely on popular belief and hearsay.
Marie de Gournay
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Post by andydp on Mar 12, 2022 14:16:08 GMT
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Post by andydp on Mar 13, 2022 14:21:56 GMT
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
Abigail Adams
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Post by andydp on Mar 14, 2022 12:30:37 GMT
The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep.
Madame Roland
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Post by andydp on Mar 16, 2022 13:48:31 GMT
Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.
Anne Sexton
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Post by andydp on Mar 17, 2022 17:20:13 GMT
The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
William Butler Yeats
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Post by andydp on Mar 18, 2022 12:59:03 GMT
Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
Gwendolyn Brooks
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