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I like to read and I think a few quotations from stories, the authors, or a historical figure can leave some lasting impact. Let's share our favorite quotes that we find profound and impactful even today.


"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." - Robert A. Heinlein

"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." - Robert A. Heinlein (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” - George Orwell
 
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I'll add a few I've liked over the years:

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire

"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien (it's more the first half of the quote, but the whole thing is a nice bit of poetry)

"Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it, and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." - Mr. Hector / Richard Griffiths

"He who has a 'why' to live can bear almost any 'how.'" - Nietzsche

"Without music, life would be a mistake" - Nietzsche

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into you" - Nietzsche

I'm a bit fond of Nietzsche in particular, so I could go on for hours with quotes from him, but I'll stop at that.
 
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“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

"The Patriots are trying to protect their power, their own interests, by controlling the digital flow of information.”

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
 

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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
 

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"Be the change you want to see in the world"

...Gotta keep telling myself this.
 

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"If people can't control their emotions, then they have to start trying to control other people's behavior."

Seems this is very fitting for today.
 

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Reminds me of the quote "Once they can't control you, they control how other people see you".

Or the quote "Once they see you doing better, that's when they want you back".

I can relate to these two quotes by personal experience.
 
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“Communism as I see it has no place in the United States, and the American people will not stand for its teachings.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald

I certainly hope you're right Mr. Fitzgerald because the Communists learned their lessons too. I'm seeing Leninist acts of aggression toward those perceived as the "ruling class" and Stalinist acts of "erasing people and history that are perceived to be undesirable." I can only hope and pray that the good people wake up before it's too late.
 
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"A great story is one that has a ending. Not a good ending or a bad ending, but a ending. The ending, my dear boy, can have a multitude of emotions, but in the end it ends the story and makes you feel like the characters were real and the journey was worth the read." -Jeffrey Freeman
 

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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Aldous Huxley
 

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We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved heaven and Earth ; that which we are,we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate,but strong in will
To strive,to seek,to find,and not to yield.

Albert Lord Tennyson
 
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The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. - George Orwell

We are truly living in strange times that this came true.
 
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"I allow you to have freedom and have free will. Yet, HE is the good guy...the MAN who wants to obey and follow his word or else. And yet I am the villain?" -Lucifer
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. - George Orwell
As much as I like Orwell, this quote is false because History is written by victors and never tell the full story.
 
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Given what is going on in our country right now. I would like to share some very un-PC words of wisdom from someone who has lived long enough to tell it how it is. I give you Mr. Clint Smith.
 
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"A Journalist was a common man who would report on common issues that affect the common man without bias opinion...unless it was a opinion piece. Now a journalist is a paid ad for whatever side is giving them enough money." -Mr. John White (One of my former college professors)
 
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