A new game: guess who said this and when

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   Uninvited Writerposted 13 years ago

   And don't Google it.
   
   "The Republican party goes right along, from year to year ... until it has come to think that the political power of the United States is its property, and that it is a sort of insolence for any other party to aspire to any part of that power. Nothing can be worse for a country than this."

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   frogdroppingposted 13 years ago

   Fred Flinstone? :

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   Uninvited Writerposted 13 years ago

   No

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   PrettyPantherposted 13 years ago

   I have no clue, but I'll embarrass myself with a wrong guess.  William F. Buckley, Jr.?

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   Buffoonposted 13 years ago

   Uhhh Mark Twain?

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      Uninvited Writerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You googled didn't you?  You are right.
      I love how things don't change that much...
      
      Anyone else want to have us guess a quote?

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         Buffoonposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Feck!!! I'm gonna crack a beer open to celebrate that the Buffoon isn't such an idiot after all!! I swear on THE CONSTITUTION that I DID NOT GOOGLE IT!   HONEST TO GOODNESS!
         
         Got me in the mind of what happened earlier in the month with Huck Finn, and one thought led to another?  Damn, I promise!

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            Uninvited Writerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            I believe you

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         Evan G Rogersposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Back when Mark Twain was alive, the "Republican" party was more like the current Democrat Party.
         
         so twain's statements would currently be anti-Democrat

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            John Holdenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            False, as all political parties have been moving to the right over time the democrats would have been further to the left and thus Mark Twain's analysis of the Republican party would still have applied to the republican party.

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               Evan G Rogersposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Abraham Lincoln - and thus the scorn of the South - was a Republican...
               
               ... and things have changed.
               
               Lincoln stood for government spending, federal bailouts, federal consolidation of power, and above all more taxes.
               
               Today much of the same claims apply to the Democrat Party (although, the Republican is guilty as well).

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                  habeeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  Right. A liberal on another thread was just talking about the parties' shifting positions.
                  
                  http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/64712?page=13

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            Doug Hughesposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            From 1901 until his death in 1910, Twain was vice president of the American Anti-Imperialist League. Doesn't sound like a neo-con group.

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               habeeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Hi, Doug. Do you consider Lincoln a neo-con?

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                  Doug Hughesposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  Habee, you and I both know history. Lincoln was a Republican. So was Teddy Roosevelt, a clear progressive. The Democratic party was steeped in racism until progressive democrats embraced the Civil Rights movement. The 'Southern Strategy' propelled Reagan to power by converting unhappy racists to the GOP. Neither party is staticic in philosophy - neither is pure.

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                     habeeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                     You got that right!

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         Druid Dudeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         "Three men can keep a secret, if two of them are dead."

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            Druid Dudeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Ben Franklin

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   couturepopcafeposted 13 years ago

   Who said this memorable 5 words?
   
   "Dude, you have no Quran."

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   couturepopcafeposted 13 years ago

   Ok,how about this one?
   
   "No one party can fool all the people all the time.  That's why we have two parties."

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      VENUGOPAL SIVAGNAposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      .... have two parties to fool the people when its turn comes....?
      
      People in a democracy can never be fools. Because they have a chance in the next elections.

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   Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

   Hmmm. That sounds like it could be a Mae West quote :-).

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   VENUGOPAL SIVAGNAposted 13 years ago

   I think it may be from Mr.Obama...?

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      couturepopcafeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      The 'two parties" quote was actually comedian Bob Hope.
      
      The "Quran" quote was skateboarder Jacob Isom, who prevented the burning of a copy of the text when he snatched the book out of the book burner's hands.

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    umair bajwa88posted 13 years ago

    I have panic breathing when I am stressed. I will certainly attempt this as a way of calming myself. Thank you for the advice.

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    umair bajwa88posted 13 years ago

    i love 4 all

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    logic,commonsenseposted 13 years ago

    Who said, "It is not ours to fix the blame for the past, rather it is ours to fix the course for the future"?

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       Buffoonposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       That would be JFK, I think?

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          Stump Parrishposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Who said...As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.
          
          How about...It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
          
          These last 3 are all from the same person.
          
          If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?
          
          Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen.
          
          If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?

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             Lisa HWposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             That last one was from Hubber, Don Ship (thinker-up of ever-challenging questions on HubPages), wasn't it?   

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                Stump Parrishposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                Sry Lisa thats not correct.

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                   Stump Parrishposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                   1st one, was Dick Cavett
                   
                   Elana was correct with the Alfred Adler response and the last three are from Steven Wright who is argueably the smartest man on this planet. The surest sign of intelligent life in the universe is that none have tried to contact us.

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                Don Shipposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                Actually, I said that. You're right, according to me, Lisa!

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             Elena.posted 13 years agoin reply to this

             
             
             I know this one, it's Alfred Alder's. I just know it because I fell for it in the movie "The Contender", which is quoted in one of my hubs... don't even remember which one, but it did make a long lasting impression on me!

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    lovemychrisposted 13 years ago

    "Republicans Must Realize They Don't Run Government"

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    Uninvited Writerposted 13 years ago

    “ Unless you knew better, you might swear that Chicken Little has taken over the newsroom and bolted the door. Hyping hysteria and peddling panic around the clock is now an enterprise listed on the Dow Jones ticker. And everybody watches, anxiety junkies cruising for another hit, just in case there’s some real news. After all, another 9/11 could happen, and we might miss it. ”
    
    I like this one...it's from a novel.

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       Doug Hughesposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Author's name, please

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          Uninvited Writerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Steve Martini

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    Stacie Lposted 13 years ago

    ...who said.."A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government."

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       Doug Hughesposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Ken Lay?

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          Stacie Lposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          no...it was a political leader,though

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             Stacie Lposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             actually it was Richard Nixon's sidekick-- Spiro Agnew

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    Laura du Toitposted 13 years ago

    A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
    
    While you decide who said all of the previous I am giving you an easier quote to put a name to.

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