On this page, I will present generally very conservative views, sometimes comical opinions, pictures and cartoons, all from a conservative Christian perspective. These posts will not be mine --- I'm just passing them on from other sources!

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

FAMOUS QUOTES

"THE PRESIDENT HAS KEPT ALL OF THE PROMISES HE INTENDED TO KEEP."
- Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on Larry King Live

"THE POLICE ARE NOT HERE TO CREATE DISORDER, THEY'RE HERE TO PRESERVE DISORDER"
- Former Chicago mayor Daley during the infamous 1968 convention

"BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEIR MONEY"
- Bill Clinton, when asked why local school districts couldn't decide how to spend federal education dollars

"IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF CHICAGO"
- Former U.S.. Vice-President Dan Quayle

"THE STREETS ARE SAFE IN PHILADELPHIA, IT'S ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THEM UNSAFE"
- Former Philadelphia Mayor and Police Chief Frank Rizzo

"DURING MY SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, I TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN CREATING THE INTERNET"
- Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore

"THE INTERNET IS A GREAT WAY TO GET ON THE NET"
- Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole

"HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT STATUE"
- Boston mayor Thomas Menino on former mayor John Collins

"IT'S LIKE AN ALCATRAZ AROUND MY NECK"
- Boston mayor Menino on the shortage of city parking spaces

"I WAS RECENTLY ON A TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA, AND THE ONLY REGRET I HAVE WAS THAT I DIDN'T STUDY LATIN HARDER IN SCHOOL SO I COULD CONVERSE WITH THOSE PEOPLE"
- Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle

"HOW COULD THIS [Y2K] BE A PROBLEM IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE INTEL AND MICROSOFT?"
- Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore

"THEY'RE MULTIPURPOSE. NOT ONLY DO THEY PUT THE CLIPS ON, BUT THEY TAKE THEM OFF."
- Pratt & Whitney spokesperson explaining why the company charged The Air Force nearly $1,000 for an ordinary pair of pliers.

"THAT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE 'ALONE' . . . THERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE WERE ALONE, BUT I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE."
- Bill Clinton, from his grand jury testimony

"IT'S LIKE DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN."
- Yogi Berra

"CHINA IS A BIG COUNTRY, INHABITED BY MANY CHINESE"
- Former French President Charles De Gaulle

"THE LOSS OF LIFE WILL BE IRREPLACEABLE."
- Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle on the San Francisco
earthquake

"IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO ESTABLISH A WINNER IMAGE. THEREFORE, I HAVE TO BEAT SOMEBODY."
- Richard M. Nixon

"THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING ENOUGH ABOUT CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A GOOD PLANET."
- Mr. New Jersey contestant when asked what he would do with a
million dollars.

"WHEN I HAVE BEEN ASKED DURING THESE LAST WEEKS WHO CAUSED THE RIOTS AND THE KILLING IN L.A., MY ANSWER HAS BEEN DIRECT AND SIMPLE: WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE RIOTS? THE RIOTERS ARE TO BLAME. WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE KILLINGS? THE KILLERS ARE TO BLAME."
- Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle on the complex social issues behind the Los Angeles Riots

"THINGS ARE MORE LIKE THEY ARE NOW THAN THEY EVER WERE BEFORE."
- Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower

"IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MEANING OF 'IS' IS."
- Bill Clinton, from his grand jury testimony

"A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE, SOONER OR LATER IT ADDS UP TO REAL MONEY."
- Senator Everett Dirksen

"A VERBAL CONTRACT ISN'T WORTH THE PAPER IT'S WRITTEN ON."
- Samuel Goldwyn

"REPUBLICANS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BONDAGE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND CHILD."
- Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle on Republican family values

"I DON'T FEEL WE DID WRONG IN TAKING THIS GREAT COUNTRY AWAY FROM THEM. THERE WERE GREAT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO NEEDED NEW LAND, AND THE INDIANS WERE SELFISHLY TRYING TO KEEP IT FOR THEMSELVES."
- John Wayne

"YOU KNOW THE ONE THING THAT'S WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY? EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR FAIR SAY."
- Bill Clinton

"WITHOUT CENSORSHIP, THINGS CAN GET TERRIBLY CONFUSED IN THE PUBLIC MIND."
- General William Westmoreland

"WHAT A WASTE IT IS TO LOSE ONE'S MIND. OR NOT TO HAVE A MIND IS BEING VERY WASTEFUL. HOW TRUE THAT IS."
- Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle at a fundraising event for The United Negro College Fund. He was attempting to quote the line "a mind is a terrible thing to waste".

"IF YOU LET THAT SORT OF THING GO ON, YOUR BREAD AND BUTTER WILL BE CUT RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER YOUR FEET."
- Former British foreign minister Ernest Bevin

"THE ROAD TO TYRANNY, WE MUST REMEMBER, BEGINS WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TRUTH."
- Bill Clinton, paragon of truth

"ANY MAN WHO CAN DRIVE SAFELY WHILE KISSING A PRETTY GIRL IS SIMPLY NOT GIVING THE KISS THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES."
- Albert Einstein

"HAWAII IS A UNIQUE STATE. IT IS A SMALL STATE. IT IS A STATE THAT IS BY ITSELF. IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER 49 STATES. WELL, ALL STATES ARE DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S GOT A PARTICULARLY UNIQUE SITUATION."
- Dan Quayle, VP [they made him swim home after that one]

"WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE ERROR IN LAST WEEK'S PAPER IN WHICH WE STATED THAT MR. ARNOLD DOGBODY WAS A DEFECTIVE IN THE POLICE FORCE. WE MEANT, OF COURSE, THAT MR. DOGBODY IS A DETECTIVE IN THE POLICE FARCE."
- Correction Notice in the Ely Standard, a British newspaper

"A LOT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE LOVE THEIR COUNTRY AND HATE THE MILITARY."
- Bill Clinton, in a 1969 letter to the National Guard

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