Who made this quote?

[240 is Back]

"Naturally the common people don't want war... That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

[Al-Gebra]

why don't you start another eighteen threads tonight? No one else's thread is worthy of being on this board.   

[Al-Gebra]

nope, it was Maureen O'Hara. everybody knows that.

[Bigger Business]

Optimus Prime said this is in 1986: "One shall stand, one shall fall."

He then went on to say: "We don't have enough energon cubes to power a full-scale assault. Ready the shuttle for launch. Now all we need is a little energon and a lot of luck."

kind of like an omen...Optimus was wise beyond his years

[JOHN MATRIX]

Optimus Prime said this is in 1986: "One shall stand, one shall fall."

He then went on to say: "We don't have enough energon cubes to power a full-scale assault. Ready the shuttle for launch. Now all we need is a little energon and a lot of luck."

kind of like an omen...Optimus was wise beyond his years

i remember that quote. he was a wise one, that optimus. i was devistated when he died

[Purge_WTF]

  Hermann Goering, president of the Reichstag, Nazi Party, and Luftwaffe Commander in Chief, is attributed with making the statement at the Nuremburg trials.

[240 is Back]

Correct.  Much of it could apply to today's mess.

"Naturally the common people don't want war... That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

[24KT]

Correct.  Much of it could apply to today's mess.

"Naturally the common people don't want war... That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

         "could apply" ...did you actually say COULD APPLY?

{ROTFLMAO}

There's no way that was a typo 'cause the 'c' and the 'w' are nowhere near each other on the keyboard.

Talk about the understatement of the year! 

Take a big wiff 240     {lol}



“Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar.” --Caesar