Archive of Quotes for July 2008

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:30 am

Monthly archives contain quotes that been posted for at least one week and had no responses posted. Beginning with January's archive a tally of views of the quotes prior to being added to the archive is in this first post. Quotes that have had responses posted will be kept separately and not archived.

July
Quote—Views
1—39
2—37
3—30
4—35
5—35
6—32
7—34
8—34
9—39
10—36
11—35
12—32
13—37
14—31
15—38
16—33
17—32
18—38
19—29
20—35
21—34
22—46
23—40
24—42
25—40
26—41
27—38
28—57
29—60
30—52
31—51

A Proud Liberal · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:33 am

Quotes for July 1......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Civil Rights "There are no "white" or "colored" signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle." — John F. Kennedy

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Art "Artists are often the canary in the coal mine." — Robert Atkens, in an interview with Onnesha Roychoudhuri, "Facing Up to Modern Censorship," AlterNet (April 14, 2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Capitalism "Most of the world's main problems today are inseperable from the dynamics of the capitalist system itself" — Ronald Aronson, "The Left Needs More Socialism," Nation (April 17, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "Watch the time. It gives you an indication of how fast they are running." — Ron Pickering

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 09, 2008 5:09 am

Quotes for July 2......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Class "The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force." — Albert Einstein

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Books "Among the less well-known aspects of the Patriot Act are provisions permitting the Justice Department to obtain information secretly from booksellers and librarians about customers' and patrons' reading, Internet and book-buying habits. . . . The act prohibits librarians and booksellers from disclosing these subpoenas, so the objects of investigation don't know and therefore cannot defend themselves." — Joan E. Bertin, "Now They Check the Books You Read," Newsday (September 16, 2002)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Class "The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends on the oppression of others." — Dorothy Allison, Skin (1994)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "And the mile once again becomes the focal point, where it's always been." — Ron Pickering

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 10, 2008 4:07 am

Quotes for July 3......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Compassion "It's compassion that makes gods of us." — Dorothy Gilman

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Culture War "The crucial distinction in political culture in the world today is between God and the Enlightenment; that is, imposed theology or reason." — Eric Alterman, "God Is a Concept," Media Matters for America (December 19, 2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Crime "Marijuana isn't a harmless substance, and those who argue for a change in the drug's legal status do not claim it to be. However . . . pot's relative risks to the user and society are arguably fewer than those of alcohol and tobacco, and they do not warrant the expenses associated with targeting, arresting, and prosecuting hundreds of thousands of Americans every year." — Paul Armentano, "It's Been an 'All Out War' on Pot Smokers for 35 Years," AlterNet (March 21, 2007)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "The American's heads are on their chins a little bit at the moment." — Ron Pickering

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 11, 2008 4:19 am

Quotes for July 4......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Conformity "There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else." — Cyrus Curtis

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Hate "He who says he is in the light and who hates his brother is in the darkness still." — 1 John 2:9

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Economic Justice "Shame on us. Those of us who work with the religious community have not adequately made the connection between economic disparity and moral values." — Kim Bobo, quoted in "Pushing Poverty into 'Moral-Values' Debate," San Francisco Examiner (December 12, 2004)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "That's inches away from being millimeter-perfect." — Ted Lowe

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 12, 2008 4:14 am

Quotes for July 5......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Conscience "Conscience is God's presence in man." — Emanuel Swedenborg

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Language "There is nothing inherently conservative in Christian language. It can point in any political direction, even the most radical." — Ira Chernus, "Praise the Lord and Pass the Petition," TomDispatch.com (March 1, 2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Economics "A moral economy does not require any heroic assumptions about human nature; it does not assume that people are always cooperative and kind. On the contrary, it starts from the idea that the individual pursuit of self-interest has to be controlled or it will turn destructive." — Fred Block, "A Moral Economy," Nation (March 20, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "Don't tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let's just have another look at Italy's winning goal." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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 13, 2008 4:43 am

Quotes for July 6......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Conservatives "Liberals inhabit a world painted a thousand shades of gray. Conservatives live in a black and white world." — David Morris

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Polarization "The visual representation of the nation's voters isn't a nicely shaped bell with most voters in the moderate middle. It's a sharp V." — Alan Abramowitz and Bill Bishop, "The Myth of the Middle," Washington Post (February 28, 2007)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Fiscal Responsibility "Maybe it's time to tie congressional pay raises to comparable percentage raises in the federal minimum wage" — Steven P. Alpert, "Congress Gives Itself a Raise, but What About the Minimum Wage?" USA Today (June 20, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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 Jul 14, 2008 4:14 am

Quotes for July 7......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Corporate Power "The term "free market" is really an euphemism. What the far right actually means by this term is "lawless market." In a lawless market, entrepreneurs can get away with privatizing the benefits of the market (profits), while socializing its costs (like pollution)." — Steve Kangas

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—The Sixties "We were right about civil rights; we were right about human rights; we were right about peace. . . . But I think we didn't know our butt from a hole in the ground about drugs, and that bit us pretty hard." — David Crosby, "Rock Survivor," Time (October 30, 2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Justice "What the poor and downtrodden need is not piecemeal charity but wholesale justice." — Rev. William Sloane Coffin, quoted in "The Legacy of William Sloane Coffin," Boston Globe (April 15, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "This is a truly international field—no Britons involved." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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 15, 2008 4:38 am

Quotes for July 8......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Courage "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." — Anaïs Nin

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Writers and Intellectuals "Fiction never exceeds the reach of the writer's courage." — Dorothy Allison, Skin (1994)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Labor Unions "We have lost any effective right to form unions and bargain collectively . . . in America." — Stewart Acuff, "Globalization and the American Labor Movement," Common Dreams (April 6, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "He won the bronze medal in the 1976 Olympics, so he's used to being out in front." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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 16, 2008 4:14 am

Quotes for July 9......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Crime "Perhaps I am too cynical, but I believe there is a separate class of people in this country called Too Rich to Go to Prison." — Molly Ivins

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Art "There is not a single true work of art that has not, in the end, added to the inner freedom of each person who has known and loved it." — Albert Camus, quoted in Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (1961)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Poverty "So long as people go to bed starving and without a home in this, the world's most prosperous country, there will always be a need for liberalism." — Evan L. Balkan, "Though It's Often Bashed, Liberalism's Day Has Not Quite Passed," Baltimore Sun (February 15,2001)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "The late start is due to the time." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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 17, 2008 4:11 am

Quotes for July 10......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Culture "We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture . . . . For the first time, the weird and stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even out cultural ideal." — Carl Bernstein

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Books "Most people in this world believe that the Creator of the universe has written a book. We have the misfortune of having many such books on hand, each making exclusive claim as to its infallibility." — Sam Harris, The End of Faith (2005)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Social Security "The richest country in the history of the world should be increasing, not decreasing, its support for those in the final years of life." — Gar Alperovitz, "Time for Moral Outrage About Social Security," Common Dreams (January 31, 2005)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "He's got his hands on his knees and holds his head in despair." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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 18, 2008 4:12 am

Quotes for July 11......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Democracy "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." — Abbie Hoffman

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Culture War "Culture war has become the organizing principle of the right." — Kevin Baker, "The Past and Future of a Right-Wing Myth," Harper's (July 15, 2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Socialism "There can be no future social movements without key socialist themes: the importance of economic class, the centrality of labor and workers in shaping the world, the idea that people must act to create their own destiny." — Ronald Aronson, "The Left Needs More Socialism," Nation (April 17, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "He's even smaller in real life than he is is on the track." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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 19, 2008 4:12 am

Quotes for July 12......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Democrats "Democrats don't need to add the word compassionate to further define what they are: the notion is already built in to the philosophy." — Alan Colmes

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Hate "I am a proud liberal, feminist woman, and the hate mail I get for those three things is not about me. It's about those signifiers, and about what the right in this country has managed to do to perpetuate anger over what they mean." — Janeane Garofalo, interviewed by Elizabeth DiNovella, Progressive (April 2003)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Society "Our Founding Fathers . . . knew that the only way to escape a closed society was to accept the risk of living in an open one." — Frank Church, quoted in "Frank Church's Quixotic Vision," Nation (June 13, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "This could be a repeat of what will happen in the European games next week." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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 20, 2008 4:16 am

Quotes for July 13......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Disabilities "I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God." — Helen Keller

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Language "It's time for liberals to stand up and embrace the very word that represents who they are and what they believe." — Alan Colmes, Red, White & Liberal (2003)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Tax Giveaways to Millionaires "Tax loopholes continue to reward corporations that pollute the air and water, drill for oil and gas, and cut down forests." — Brian Dunkiel, news release, "Tax Breaks for Polluters Growing More Expensive," Friends of the Earth (December 15, 1998)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "It's a battle with himself and with the ticking fingers of the clock." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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 Jul 21, 2008 4:21 am

Quotes for July 14......

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Dissent "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it." — Edward R. Murrow

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Culture War—Polarization "The Bush Administration has now become the first government in our nation's history to fight a major war without seeking any sort of national solidarity. Far from it. The whole purpose of the war in Iraq—and the "war on terrorism"—seems to have been to foment division and to win elections." — Kevin Baker, "The Past and Future of a Right-Wing Myth," Harper's (July 15, 2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In July Featuring—The Demand for Justice—Taxes "I have been waiting my whole life to pay taxes. This is how it's supposed to work. This is how we are able to fund the things that make this country work—like roads and schools." — Lewis Black, "Lewis Black Interview," Progressive (April 2007)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Track & Field "Here are some names to look forward to—perhaps in the future." — Great Britain's David Coleman, perhaps a distant relative of American baseball commentator Jerry Coleman, has come up with some prize-winning lines in his track and field commentary. David Coleman is Hall of Shame Member Number 10.

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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