"The problem with quotations found upon the Internet is that it is very often difficult to reliably ascertain and establish their accuracy." --- Abraham Lincoln
I'm honest like Abe, so I must declare, NOT MY ORIGINAL WORK. I saw it somewhere else on the Internet and LOL'd like you guys just did, and I never forgot it, so I periodically share it!
Wallbuilders had some great quotes. Controversial how many of them were true. Good old fashioned books, printed at least 50 years ago, are more likely to be accurate. Better yet is the law library in every County seat. We need to make sure they don't get rid of those ...
When first seeing this, I lost it at the narrator saying Washington suddenly jumped up and shocked his wife Martha with a fatal karate kick, complete with period-looking illustration of his foot smashing into her head. It was all downhill (uphill?) from there. Smigel is a comedic genius.
Those of you who haven't, watch the other link I gave in this thread, another Smigel creation called "Wonderman", who acts like most guys would if they were Superman, LOL.
I am a programmer working on highly complex things, pushing the boundaries of our technological possibilities, who goes into the woods to cut brushes with 2 machetes simultaneously like a maniac. A professional maniac, if I may add.
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
-Thomas Jefferson
This quote was from a letter Jefferson sent to a Peter Carr.
Great quotes. The Lincoln one really surprised me, especially the relevance of the bit at the end to our modern circumstances. The men you provided quotes from shared the quality of incredible insight into human nature with our founding fathers. As a result, their quotes show amazing foresight into our modern society. Thanks for sharing.
I remember listening to the Anti-federalist papers on audiobook, basically every one of their concerns were either corrected for or have occurred. Both sides of that debate were arguing with eyes wide open and their conclusions were based on the most important issues to each individual. They all had an amazing grasp on truth and reality, and were honestly struggling to give us the best country that they could.
I wish that we could find 10% of that in our public officials today.
"The Constitution can totally be suspended if there's a big scary case of the sniffles out there." - George Washington according to newly uncovered bipartisan research
And this C.S. Lewis quote from Barr of all people that I found last week:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.”
― C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology (Making of Modern Theology)
If you are looking for something accurate to teach your kids about the American Revolution, I HIGHLY recommend Liberty's Kids. I give sets away to all the families I know and the parents and kids adore it, as I did as a kid. :)
Here's the episode about Washington Crossing The Delaware if you want to see a quick preview!!
It's really fun/cool and extremely well researched! I looked up several of the events and quotes featured in the show and was so amazed and impressed to find out they were absolutely true and did happen IRL!
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety ... those who would trade privacy for a bit of security deserve neither privacy nor security.
Not a founding father but rather a quote from the book A Pillar of Iron and totally appropriate for these times in the US:
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”
The two great evils to be avoided are cabal at home, and influence from abroad. It will be difficult to avoid either if the Election be made by the National Legislature. On the other hand: The Government should not be made so complex and unwieldy as to disgust the States. This would be the case, if the election should be referred to the people. [He] liked best an election by Electors chosen by the Legislatures of the States. Pierce Butler
Anyone know of a quote that goes to the effect of "the symptoms and ailments will never stop changing for all of time, but the cure will always be the same. "What's the cure" you ask? Just give us a little bit of your personal rights and liberties"
I wanna say I'm butchering a Regan quote, does it ring any bells to anyone else?(might also just be a ben shapiro quote that stuck in my head lol)
No. Dave is as cucked as they fucking come. Saturday after election he did a 20 minute monologue on how America can now "heal" on SNL. Fuck Dave Cuckpelle.
"The problem with quotations found upon the Internet is that it is very often difficult to reliably ascertain and establish their accuracy." --- Abraham Lincoln
LOL
I'm honest like Abe, so I must declare, NOT MY ORIGINAL WORK. I saw it somewhere else on the Internet and LOL'd like you guys just did, and I never forgot it, so I periodically share it!
Wallbuilders had some great quotes. Controversial how many of them were true. Good old fashioned books, printed at least 50 years ago, are more likely to be accurate. Better yet is the law library in every County seat. We need to make sure they don't get rid of those ...
They'll probably be cleared out to make room for data centers serving the Candy Crush app, with the removed books burned at the dump.
"Idiocracy" wasn't a comedy movie, it was a PRE-DOCUMENTARY movie....
But seriously, we need to make sure that doesn't happen. This is the perfect time for such disposal to be under way. There are laws, preserving this
“LOL”
George Washington
Hey man, George was a wilder guy than you were taught about in school! Check this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cz5Uv1IcLo
It’s a documentary with an official sounding narrator it has to be true!
Battery of a small bear, lol
Hahaha I know, right? I friggin' love that video.
Is that really Joe Walsh?
Yup. Apparently he's a good sport, is friends with Robert Smiegel (the genius behind the "TV Funhouse" show that this segment was part of), or both!
Here, have another awesome segment from TV Funhouse, this one animated, a sendup of the old Superman animated shorts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj9akZLbcAA
Narrated by Joe Walsh and Rick Nielsen, huge history buffs.
When first seeing this, I lost it at the narrator saying Washington suddenly jumped up and shocked his wife Martha with a fatal karate kick, complete with period-looking illustration of his foot smashing into her head. It was all downhill (uphill?) from there. Smigel is a comedic genius.
Those of you who haven't, watch the other link I gave in this thread, another Smigel creation called "Wonderman", who acts like most guys would if they were Superman, LOL.
I am a programmer working on highly complex things, pushing the boundaries of our technological possibilities, who goes into the woods to cut brushes with 2 machetes simultaneously like a maniac. A professional maniac, if I may add.
Edit: After watching the video: kek
My favorite Honest Abe quote is:
Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!
(playing air guitar strings inexplicably accompanied by actual guitar noises)
EXCELLENT! Now we just need to go pick up So-Crates!
Don't forget Billy the Kid and Genghis Khan.
That movie is a classic. The second one is awesome too.... I LOL'd watching Death in Home Depot shopping for new sickles.
YOU HAVE SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!!!!
"Prophetic if true."
-Ben Franklin
"Sir Micheals Johnson, if true"
-George "No Homo" Washington
Wow, I knew the founding fathers had great vision for the country. I didn't know that meant 2020 vision.
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
-Thomas Jefferson
This quote was from a letter Jefferson sent to a Peter Carr.
My favorite quote from my favorite founding father
Great quotes. The Lincoln one really surprised me, especially the relevance of the bit at the end to our modern circumstances. The men you provided quotes from shared the quality of incredible insight into human nature with our founding fathers. As a result, their quotes show amazing foresight into our modern society. Thanks for sharing.
That Reagan quote is epic
"Those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening"
An epic quote for sure. Also interesting that he mentioned the "swamp".
It's called the Federalist Papers.
Also the anti-federalist papers should be read. These guys struggled with our issues.
I remember listening to the Anti-federalist papers on audiobook, basically every one of their concerns were either corrected for or have occurred. Both sides of that debate were arguing with eyes wide open and their conclusions were based on the most important issues to each individual. They all had an amazing grasp on truth and reality, and were honestly struggling to give us the best country that they could.
I wish that we could find 10% of that in our public officials today.
It's up to immerse ourselves in these ideas, and inject them back into society
Fascinating. Don’t remember ever heading of these before! Will be checking these out at some point.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/anti-federalist-papers
^^completely agree. Reading through those now, pretty amazed at the relevance of the the discussion brought up in those essays to today’s issues.
"One if by land, two if by sea."
"I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies"
"The Constitution can totally be suspended if there's a big scary case of the sniffles out there." - George Washington according to newly uncovered bipartisan research
Our government believes this. All the people, at every level. Or, find those that don't.
Seriously OP, this is quickly becoming one of my new favorite meme templates, and with the based founding father quotes chef kiss
Here are three I copped from a Mark Passio lecture:
Theodore Roosevelt https://i.maga.host/uHZG3Gz.png
Woodrow Wilson https://i.maga.host/b6zxulp.png
Samuel Adams https://i.maga.host/3pc0l9W.png
And this C.S. Lewis quote from Barr of all people that I found last week:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.”
― C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology (Making of Modern Theology)
C.S. Lewis is my favorite theologian.
Apt username OP
Wow, this was great. “What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion?” I love the ways those guys thought!
Is this where the “water the tree of liberty” concept originated?
Last line.
Thanks I had never seen that full passage
YES PLEASE MORE
"Yes, this includes high capacity mags and black, scary attachments."
-George Washington
"Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech"
Not a founding father but one of my favorites...
“Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reasons.”
-Mark Twain
If you are looking for something accurate to teach your kids about the American Revolution, I HIGHLY recommend Liberty's Kids. I give sets away to all the families I know and the parents and kids adore it, as I did as a kid. :)
Here's the episode about Washington Crossing The Delaware if you want to see a quick preview!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jGWySdd4AjI
Loved watching those growing up as well! Welcome blast from the past here...
That's awesome! high five
It's really fun/cool and extremely well researched! I looked up several of the events and quotes featured in the show and was so amazed and impressed to find out they were absolutely true and did happen IRL!
"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely" - Lord Acton That's for all the Brits out there
Not Founders, but quotes from based MF’ers just the same:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/465.Alexis_de_Tocqueville
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4449652.Montesquieu
Agreed!
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety ... those who would trade privacy for a bit of security deserve neither privacy nor security.
Not a founding father but rather a quote from the book A Pillar of Iron and totally appropriate for these times in the US:
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”
Made one for you OP. The most important sentiment that our founders ever expressed. IMHO.
https://thedonald.win/p/11Ql6TE7Vs/
More, more!
"Democracy, while it lasts, is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy."
"If you don't like your life, change it" - me
"I cannot do without this man, he fights." Abe Lincoln about Grant.
So many pussy traitor do nothing generals Lincoln had for a long time. Well we the people cannot do without Trump in this war.
"--------- this is not an Option!"
The two great evils to be avoided are cabal at home, and influence from abroad. It will be difficult to avoid either if the Election be made by the National Legislature. On the other hand: The Government should not be made so complex and unwieldy as to disgust the States. This would be the case, if the election should be referred to the people. [He] liked best an election by Electors chosen by the Legislatures of the States. Pierce Butler
Another based individual with some solid quotes was Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain.)
The uniparty hoped to bury what it means to be American in favor of globalism. Return to our shared values that we are one nation, united under God.
Those who refuse must be purged
"Freedom isn't free. It costs a hefty fuckin fee." -George Washington
buck 'o five to be precise
Anyone know of a quote that goes to the effect of "the symptoms and ailments will never stop changing for all of time, but the cure will always be the same. "What's the cure" you ask? Just give us a little bit of your personal rights and liberties"
I wanna say I'm butchering a Regan quote, does it ring any bells to anyone else?(might also just be a ben shapiro quote that stuck in my head lol)
:)
https://thedonald.win/p/11Q8uwAKhe/joe-biggums/c/
This is pretty fucking based I think
“Let’s shoot some tyrants.”
-A Founding Father, probably.
"Enough already, I'd rather die."
Someone said this at some point. I'm there.
Hold the line! You're not ready to live, until you're ready to die.
He actually wrote about that in his autobiography. Quite the opposite, and only one line. Highly recommended read!
Dave is based. We need to fight like he does.
Didn’t he do a whole special about fentanyl Floyd?
And throw Candace Owens under the bus? I canceled Netflix over that shit. Not based. Or he is but compromised.
Yep he sold out unfortunately like most people in Hollyweird
Sadly yes, yes he did. Some shit about “8 minutes an f—“ whatever. Dave didn’t do his research.
No. Dave is as cucked as they fucking come. Saturday after election he did a 20 minute monologue on how America can now "heal" on SNL. Fuck Dave Cuckpelle.
What do they have on this guy
Chappelle has entirely cucked out. I would like to believe he's too smart to mean it, but I can't be sure.
Such a tragic loss
If you don't want to believe me watch his bit 8:46. But be warned, it's NSFL