Sunday, November 28, 2004
“’Twas founded be th’ Puritans to give thanks f’r bein’ preserved fr’m th’ Indians, an’… we keep it to give thanks we are preserved fr’m th’ Puritans.”
- Finely Peter Dunne (1867 - 1936), American writer: ‘Thanksgiving ‘, in “Mr. Dooley’s Opinions”, 1900.
“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.”
- Upton Sinclair (1878 - 1968), American writer: “Singing Jailbird”, 1924.
“In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of greater favours.”
- La Rochefoucauld (1613 – 1680), French moralist and epigrammatist: “Maximes”, 1678.
“In Germay, the Nazis came for the Communists and I didn’t speak up because I was not a Comunist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn’t speak up because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I was a Protestant so I didn’t speak up. Then they came for me… By that time there was no one to speak up for anyone.”
- Martin Niemöller (1892 – 1984), German Lutheran theologian: in Neil’s “Concise Dictionary of Religious Quotations”
- Finely Peter Dunne (1867 - 1936), American writer: ‘Thanksgiving ‘, in “Mr. Dooley’s Opinions”, 1900.
“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.”
- Upton Sinclair (1878 - 1968), American writer: “Singing Jailbird”, 1924.
“In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of greater favours.”
- La Rochefoucauld (1613 – 1680), French moralist and epigrammatist: “Maximes”, 1678.
“In Germay, the Nazis came for the Communists and I didn’t speak up because I was not a Comunist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn’t speak up because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I was a Protestant so I didn’t speak up. Then they came for me… By that time there was no one to speak up for anyone.”
- Martin Niemöller (1892 – 1984), German Lutheran theologian: in Neil’s “Concise Dictionary of Religious Quotations”
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