Archive of Quotes for June 2008

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:04 am

Quotes for June 15......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Anti-Intellectualism "We can longer tolerate anti-intellectualism. We can no longer tolerate liberal-bashing and we no longer tolerate the politics of the dumb and the mean." — Janeane Garofalo

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—The Liberal Character "Here is the liberals' problem in a nutshell: More than 30 percent of Americans happily answer to the appellation "conservative," while 18 percent call themselves 'liberal.'" — Eric Alterman, "Corrupt, Incompetent and 'Off Center,'" Nation (October 21, 2005)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Welfare for Corporations "Corporate welfare—an array of direct subsidies, tax breaks and indirect assistance created for the special benefit of businesses—is one of those things that politicians would rather criticize than abolish." — Steve Chapman, "Corporate Welfare as We Know It: No End in Sight," Baltimore Sun (July 16, 2004)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball." — John Francombe, former jockey

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:56 am

Quotes for June 16......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Apathy "Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, which takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice." — Arnold J. Toynbee

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Populism "Rich and powerful people generally encounter the law only as an irritant. Preventing them from developing wetlands. Or dumping toxic wastes from their factories." — Larry Beinhart, "The Great Experiment in (Neo-con) Freedom," Huffington Post (February 2, 2007)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Big Business "Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home." — Smiley Blanton Love or Perish (1956)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Golf "There he stands with his legs akimbo" — Peter Alliss, commentator

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:20 am

Quotes for June 17......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Atheism & Agnosticism "I wanted to become an atheist but I gave it up. They have no holidays." — Henny Youngman

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Progress "Political change in this country doesn't come from the center." — Craig Aaron, "The Plot to Elect Kerry," In These Times (May 3, 2005)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Commercialism "Junk-food marketers' claim to innocence is about as plausible as the tobacco industry's long-standing position that cigarette advertising does not increase smoking." — Joe Badaracco, quoted in The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (2004)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Golf "And now to hole eight, which is in fact the eighth hole." — Peter Alliss

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:07 am

Quotes for June 18......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Authority "Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience." — Howard Zinn

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Progressives "Progressives have always been torn between two impulses: to smash or to sustain." — Richard Goldstein, "Looking for Lefty," Village Voice (September 13-19, 2000)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Corporate Crime "Great is the mischief of the legal crime." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, address in Concord, Massachusetts (May 3, 1851)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Golf "This is the 12th—the green is like a plateau with the top shaved off." — Renton Laidlaw, golf writer/commentator

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:07 am

Quotes for June 19......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Belief "The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe in." — Eleanor Roosevelt

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Progressivism "Democrats should not agree to partial torture, partial violations of the Constitution, partially honest elections, or partial right of habeas corpus or right to counsel. These involve practices and policies that are so radical, so extreme, so violative of American tradition, that they simply must be stopped." — Brent Budowsky, "New Congress: Americanism Means No Torture, Eavesdropping with Warrants, Honest Elections, Habeas Corpus," Huffington Post (November 13, 2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Corporate Power "How did corporations gain so much power with so little social accountability?" — Chuck Collins, "Oversight Hearings: What Should Congress Do?" Nation (January 4, 2007)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Golf "He used to be fairly indecisive, but now he's not so certain." — Peter Alliss

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:29 am

Quotes for June 20......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On The Bible "The Bible is literature, not dogma." — George Santayana

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Responsibility "Our responsibility as privileged human beings is to pay back for the opportunities we've received." — Kathryn Anastos, quoted in New York magazine (December 21, 1992)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Corporations "The corporation's legally defined mandate is to pursue relentlessly and without exception its own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others." — Joel Bakan, The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (2004)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Golf "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and my father." — Greg Norman

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:25 am

Quotes for June 21......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Bigotry & Prejudice "You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." — Anne Lamott

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Secular Society "Not a few secular progressives subscribe to an extreme relativism. . . . They suppose all morality is culture-dependent and has no reference to any fixed standard, a view that would let Adolf Hitler off the hook." — Jay Ambrose, "Religion and the Presidency," Naples Daily News (June 21, 2004)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Cult of the CEO "Crack down on stock option plans that give corporate leaders an incentive to the books. End sweetheart deals that protect executive pensions but leave workers with empty promises." — Robert L. Borosage and Robert Loper, eds., Straight Talk: Common Sense for the Common Good (2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Golf "I'm a golfer—not a athlete." — Lee Westwood

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:09 am

Quotes for June 22......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Books "All books are either dreams or swords." — Amy Lowell

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Self-Improvement "The only effective discipline is self-discipline, motivated by the inner desire to act meritoriously in order to do well in one's own eyes, according to one's own values." — Bruno Bettelheim, A Good Enough Parent (1987)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Democratic Leadership Council "There is this sub-culture within a small faction of the Democratic Party, often embodied by the Democratic Leadership Council . . . attacking other Democrats, falsely accusing them of being weak on national defense, and directly contributing to the far right attacks." — Brent Budowsky, "Centrist Democrats Must Call on Senator Lieberman to Support Lamont," Huffington Post (August 9, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Golf "Arnie [Palmer], usually a great putter, seems to be having trouble with his long putt. However, he has no trouble dropping his shorts." — unaccredited broadcaster

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:29 am

Quotes for June 23......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Bush, George W. (War Criminal) "The evidence is overwhelming that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have engaged in deceit and deception over going to war in Iraq. This is an impeachable offense." — John Dean

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Service "The soul is awakened through service." — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir (1994)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Food Industry "Just as surely as the tobacco industry tried for years—and succeeded—in hooking young kids on its deadly weed, the food industry is spending billions to advertise products that will make the next generation look and live like its porky parents: overweight, and at great risk of debilitating disease and early deaths linked to obesity." — Marie Cocco, "Forget Big Tobacco—Big Food Kills," Truthdig (March 29, 2007)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track and Field "She hasn't run faster than herself before." — said of Zola Budd

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:07 am

Quotes for June 24......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Censorship "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." — Ray Bradbury

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Strength "We're . . . sick of Democrats whining about Republicans' hardball tactics. We want our party to toughen up, smarten up, and listen up." — James Carville and Paul Begala, Take It Back (2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Globalization "Corporate America's brand of globalization includes elements that inflame a broad swath of the electorate: the export of U. S. jobs to low-wage dictatorships, the charter of U. S. firms in offshore tax havens, and the surrender of democratic governance to international bodies composed of corporate representatives." — Roger Bybee, "Dansas, Conviction, and the Future of the Dems," Democratic Underground (March 11, 2005)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track and Field "Born in America, Jon returned to his native Japan." — Mike Gratton, commentator

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:05 am

Quotes for June 25......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Certainty "Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty." — John Huston Finley

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Tolerance "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven." — Luke 6:37

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Health Insurance Industry "Modern medicine has morphed from a healing profession into a business where the primacy of profit takes precedence over greater human needs." — Joanna Garritano, "U. S. Health Care Puts Profit over People," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (January 10, 2007)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track and Field ". . . and finally, she tastes the sweet smell of success." — Ian Edwards, commentator

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:30 am

Quotes for June 26......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Change "A capacity to change is indispensable. Equally indispensable is the capacity to hold fast to that which is good." — John Foster Dulles

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Authority "I am against the illegitimate structure of authority called the corporation. I want to see different forms of economic organization emerge." — Robert Jensen, "Critical Hope: Radical Citizenship in Reactionary Times," Common Dreams (December 17, 2001)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Management "I wish to challenge the hubris of management, the presumptuous belief that everything is, can be and must be predicted, planned for, and controlled." — Yiannis Gabriel, "The Hubris of Management," Symposium of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, New York City Marriott Financial Center (June 1996)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track and Field "A very powerful set of lungs, very much hidden by that chest of his." — Alan Pascoe, commentator

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:41 am

Quotes for June 27......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Character "We do not need to proselytize by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study." — Mahatma Gandhi

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Charity "Too many people have decided to without generosity in order to practice charity." — Albert Camus, The Fall (1956)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Outsourcing "There's a stark logic to outsourcing: jobs will go wherever they cost employers less." — Michelle Chen, "Exporting Blame," Common Dreams (October 10, 2004)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track and Field "Britain's last gold medal was a bronze in 1952 in Helsinki." — Nigel Starmer-Smith, commentator

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:16 am

Quotes for June 28......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Children "The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to." — Marian Wright Edelman

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—The Common Good "Although corporations act only through people, these people are forced to play roles that in some ways make them more like machines than human beings. Every employee is aware that his or her job is only to help the company make money. Protecting the public interest is not part of the job description." — Robert C. Hinkley, "Profits vs. Public Interest," Miami Herald (June 11, 2002)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Technology "Things are in the saddle, and ride mankind." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ode inscribed to W. H. Channing (1847)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track and Field "The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind." — Sebastian Coe, runner

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:14 am

Quotes for June 29......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Church-State Separation "The word "God" does not appear in the Constitution, a document that erects if not quite a wall, at least a fence between church and state." — Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Compassion "What is most needed is a loving heart." — Buddha, The Three Baskets of Wisdom (6th century B.C.E.)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Wal-Mart "Intimidation, strong-arming, and flagrant unfair labor practices are company policy at Wal-Mart." — Ruth Conniff, "Wal-Mart Wins," Progressive (March 1, 2005)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track and Field "Well Phil, tell us about your amazing third leg." — Ross King, discussing relays with champion runner Phil Redmond

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

What Liberals Believe Quotes of the Day taken from What Liberals Believe: Thousands of Quotes on Why America Needs to Be Rescued from Greedy Corporations, Homophobes, Racists, Imperialists, Xenophobes, and Religious Extremists Compiled by William P. Martin ©2008

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004

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