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Did They Really Say That? "People have the mentality it's a 'Big Brother' thing but if Big Brother can stop crime and violence, that's exactly what we need, and I'm for it." ~ Police Commissioner Johnson. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/11069015.htm Burrell told White that the Janney finance firm "doesn't give" to Street's campaign fund and should not get city bond work ~ http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/10640406.htm "If they ain't with us, they ain't gonna get nothing," Kemp told White in a August 2003 conversation recorded by the FBI investigating the awarding of contracts. ~ http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/10654635.htm "People who give money to my campaign stand a greater chance of getting business from my administration than those who help my opponent. I think that's the way it works." ~ John Street http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/10753352.htm "If I'm picking a law firm... among equally qualified firms, and one of them is a friend and one of them isn't, who's getting that business?" ~ John Street http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/10685588.htm "There's never been a fund-raiser at the Lincoln Financial Field. Never been a fund-raiser. Never, never" ~ Mayor Street http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/10929065.htm "At that rate, that intersection, by itself, would raise $7 million in one year." ~ Rep Perzel (R) http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/11056105.htm. "You just have to make sure you keep one hand around one of their throats." ~ Philadelphia Police Chief Timoney on how to handle protestors http://www.waste.org/~roadrunner/writing/camilo/timcrime.html "In the neighborhood I came from, if you hold my money too long, somebody's going to get cracked on the side of the head." ~ Councilman Rick Mariano "I wasn't happy when we found out there wasn't weapons, and we've got an intelligence group together to figure out why." ~ George Bush http://debates.org/pages/trans2004c.html ''It struck me as I was speaking to people in Bangor, Maine, that this president sees America as we think about a 10-year-old child." ~ White House Chief of Staff talking about President Bush. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/09/02/card_says_bush_sees_us_as_a_child_needing_a_parent/ When asked about anticipated attacks on American troops in Iraq: "Bring it on" ~ George Bush, July 3rd, 2003: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=1804 Before this 196 Americans had been killed by the Iraqi resistance. Since his remark more than 2000 troops have been killed. "We seek an independent, free and secure Iraq." ~ President Bush. http://www.gop.com/news/read.aspx?ID=4089 Interviewer: "Do you really think we can win this war on terror in the next four years?" President Bush: "I don’t think you can win it." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5866571/ After being sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, asked if he regretted abusing Iraqi prisoners, Graner paused, then said: "Maybe you missed that there's a war. Bad things happen in war. Apparently I followed an illegal order." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9FB90333-241A-47B3-ADA3-B422F613ABF2.htm "Started off as a humanitarian mission and it changed into a nation-building mission, and that's where the mission went wrong. The mission was changed. And as a result, our nation paid a price. And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building. ......I wouldn't have sent troops to Haiti. I didn't think it was a mission worthwhile. It was a nation building mission, and it was not very successful. It cost us billions, a couple billions of dollars, and I'm not so sure democracy is any better off in Haiti than it was before....And when it [the military] gets overextended, morale drops...I'm going to be judicious as to how to use the military. It needs to be in our vital interest, the mission needs to be clear, and the exit strategy obvious." ~ President George Bush http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2000b.html "I want to put it aside." ~ City Councilman Angel Ortiz admits he drove without a license for 25 years http://www.nbc10.com/news/1258556/detail.html "We have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent." ~ US Secretary of the Interior in 1983 http://www.bartleby.com/63/56/556.html "My fellow Americans: I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." ~ President Reagan http://www.bartleby.com/63/27/327.html "As of now, I am in control here in the White House." ~ Al Haig 1981 http://www.bartleby.com/63/56/456.html "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles." ~ President Reagan http://www.allhatnocattle.net/reagan quotes.htm "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk." ~ President Reagan http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ronaldreag102041.html When asked if it was true that every evening Nancy prepares dinner for him at 5pm in front of the TV so they can watch Little House On the Prairie: "It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?" ~ President Reagan. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ronaldreag147712.html "If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all". ~ President Reagan http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ronaldreag147686.html "We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes." ~ Leona Helmsley, Hotel Owner 1989 http://www.bartleby.com/66/43/27743.html "When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal." ~ President Nixon http://www.allhatnocattle.net/Nixon Quotes.htm "Boy, they were big on crematoriums, weren't they?" ~ President George H Bush (while on tour of Auschwitz) http://www.allhatnocattle.net/PoppaBushQuotes.htm "I had other priorities in the '60s than military service." ~Vice-President Cheney (when asked about Vietnam) http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/rnd/1094661464223/has-player/false/id/6450422?rnd=1108007036731&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1040 Soldier: "Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to
up armor our vehicles?" "Look back on the Philippines around the turn of the 20th century: they were a coaling station for the Navy, and that allowed us to keep a great presence in the Pacific. That’s what Iraq is for the next few decades: our coaling station that gives us great presence in the Middle East."~ Jay Garner http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=22509 Interviewer (asking about sanctions on Iraq): "We have heard that a half a million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. Is the price worth it?" Secretary of State Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price -- we think the price is worth it." http://www.accuracy.org/iraq/ "I wouldn't answer the marijuana questions. You know why? Because I don't want some little kid doing what I tried." ~ President Bush http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/21/wtape21.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/02/21/ixnewstop.html "We are, after all, asking taxpayers to voluntarily pay over their taxes to us." ~ U.S. Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson (2/14/2003) "Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people." ~ Lt Gen Mattis talking about Afghanistan http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/03/general.shoot/ "This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous." ~ President Bush Feb 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/22/bush.iran.ap/ "One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."~ Joseph Stalin http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/josephstal137476.html "Ultra-liberalism is the communism of our times".~ Jaques Chirac http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/24/weu324.xml "We cannot achieve the number of troops we need in Iraq without a draft." ~ Charles Moskos (Presidential Advisor) http://news.neilrogers.com/news/articles/2005032107.html "I am married to the president of the United States, and here's our typical evening: Nine o'clock, Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep, and I'm watching Desperate Housewives - with Lynne Cheney. Ladies and gentlemen, I am a desperate housewife. I mean, if those women on that show think they're desperate, they oughta be with George. One night, after George went to bed, Lynne Cheney, Condi Rice, Karen Hughes and I went to Chippendale's. I wouldn't even mention it except Ruth Ginsberg and Sandra Day O'Connor saw us there. I won't tell you what happened, but Lynne's Secret Service codename is now 'Dollar Bill.' "~ Mrs Laura Bush http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-05-01-laura-bush-comments_x.htm "Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind." ~ General Westmoreland
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