Great quotations

"A fact takes no heed of human hopes."

--H.G. Wells in "The Sleeper awakes."

Quote: Nareed

"A fact takes no heed of human hopes."

--H.G. Wells in "The Sleeper awakes."

That's interesting in that his facts led him to extreme racism, eugenics and Malthusian politics. He wanted to eliminate the less evolved humanoids at all costs. Really bad person. Good with sci-fi though.

Even terribly foul people say some interesting and quotable things.

"Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be 'discovered' by an election." Adolf Hitler

I think he is mostly proven right, though I think his intent was about great men needing to assume command regardless of elections.

Quote: rxwine

Even terribly foul people say some interesting and quotable things.

Hitler may have had foul results after
elected, but he was an excellent
politician. He had rallies and 10's
of thousands showed up. He was the
master at getting things done. Trouble
was, many of those things were very
bad.

Quote: rxwine

Even terribly foul people say some interesting and quotable things.

"Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be 'discovered' by an election." Adolf Hitler

Derivative and wrong. The great man of WWII was Winston Churchill, I don't know about discovery, but certainly he reached the post of PM as the result of some election.

The only way to prove him right is if he was talking about himself. He also was elected.

Hah. Well, I'm sure Hitler said something worth quoting.

Quote: rxwine

Hah. Well, I'm sure Hitler said something worth quoting.

Maybe.

We know he did one thing right: he killed Hitler.

But he spoiled that by killing the guy who killed Hitler.

See? He was completely worthless.

A quote that is still very relavent in the US today.

"To conquer a nation, first disarm it's citizens." Adolf Hitler

Quote: rxwine

Even terribly foul people say some interesting and quotable things.

"Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be 'discovered' by an election." Adolf Hitler

I think he is mostly proven right, though I think his intent was about great men needing to assume command regardless of elections.

My point is that different people come up with different "facts" sometime. It kind of relates to many of the arguments on this very site.

Quote: kenarman

A quote that is still very relavent in the US today.

Given how badly the GOP wants to shoot itself in the head with a Howitzer this year, I'd bet they distribute millions of fliers with this quote and attribution, or put up billboards or TV ads.