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Quotes for March 21......
Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Human Nature "What the scientific study of human motives shows is that human nature is neither essentially bad nor essentially good. . . . But human nature is essentially flexible and educable." — Corliss Lamont
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On He Said/He Said {Four statements from the same man on the same subject, not necessarily consistent.} "1. . . . the sanctions exist—not for the purpose of hurting the Iraqi people, but for the purpose of keeping in check Saddam Hussein's ambitions toward developing weapons of mass destruction. . . . That purpose is every bit as important now as it was ten years ago when we began it. And frankly they have worked. He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors. So in effect, our policies have strengthened the security of the neighbors of Iraq, and these policies that we are going to keep in place, but we are always willing to review them to make sure that they are being carried out in a way that does not affect the Iraqi people but does affect the Iraqi's regime's ambitions and the ability to acquire weapons of mass destruction . . .
2. Our conservative estimate is that Iraq today has a stockpile of between 100 and 500 tons of chemical weapons agent. . . . Saddam Hussein has chemical weapons . . . And we have sources who tell us that he recently has authorized his field commanders to use them.
3. A sinister nexus [exists] between Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist network, a nexus that combines classic terrorist organizations and modern methods of murder. Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network headed by Abu Musaab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator of Osama bin-Laden and his al-Qaeda lieutenants . . . Iraqi officials deny accusations of ties with al-Qaeda. These denials are simply not credible.
4. I have not seen smoking-gun, concrete evidence about the connection [between Hussein and al-Qaeda]."All four statements — Secretary of State Colin L. Powell,
1. After his meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa, 2-24-01. USembassyisrael.org.il.
2. While addressing the U.N. on 2-5-03. Charles J. Hanley, "Powell's case hasn't held up very well," Wisconsin State Journal, 8-11-03.
3. While addressing the U.N. on 2-5-03. Christopher Marquis, "Powell admits no hard proof in linking Iraq to al-Qaeda," New York Times, 1-9-04.
4. At a news conference, 1-8-04. Ibid.
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Sports "The reason the Mets have played so well at Shea this year is they have the best home record in baseball." — Ralph Kiner, Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame slugger, has been a radio and television broadcast voice of the New York Mets since 1962. With lines like these, may he continue for another four decades. Kiner is Hall of Shame member #9.
Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004
Quotes from the Right of the Day taken from Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the GOP and Their Friends, 1994-2004 Compiled by Bruce J. Miller with Diana Maio ©2004
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004
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