Quotes of the day from previous years:

2005
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe... No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. ~ Winston Churchill
  • selected by Kalki
2006
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (born 30 January 1882)
  • proposed by Kalki
2007
If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • proposed by InvisibleSun
2008
We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization.
Faith — in the soundness of democracy in the midst of dictatorships.
Hope — renewed because we know so well the progress we have made.
Charity — in the true spirit of that grand old word. For charity literally translated from the original means love, the love that understands, that does not merely share the wealth of the giver, but in true sympathy and wisdom helps men to help themselves. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • proposed by Kalki
2009
There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • proposed by Kalki
2010
Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too. ~ Lloyd Alexander (born 30 January 1924)
  • proposed by Lyle
2011
I have marched in many a battle host, but I have also planted seeds and reaped the harvest with my own hands. And I have learned there is greater honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood. ~ Lloyd Alexander
  • proposed by Lyle
2012
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • proposed by InvisibleSun
2013
Science is like literature, a continuing dialog among diverse and conflicting voices, no one ever wholly right or wholly wrong, but a steady conversation forever provisional and personal and living.
~ Gregory Benford ~
  • proposed by Kalki
2014
I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.
~ Richard Brautigan ~
  • proposed by Ningauble
2015
Any technology that does not appear magical is insufficiently advanced.
~ Gregory Benford ~
  • proposed by Kalki
2016
We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
  • proposed by bystander
2017
No nation which refuses to exercise forbearance and to respect the freedom and rights of others can long remain strong and retain the confidence and respect of other nations. No nation ever loses its dignity or good standing by conciliating its differences and by exercising great patience with, and consideration for, the rights of other nations.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
  • proposed by Kalki
2018
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
  • proposed by Kalki
2019
I am concerned about the attitude of a candidate or his sponsors with respect to the rights of American citizens to assemble peaceably and to express publicly their views and opinions on important social and economic issues. There can be no constitutional democracy in any community which denies to the individual his freedom to speak and worship as he wishes. The American people will not be deceived by anyone who attempts to suppress individual liberty under the pretense of patriotism.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
  • proposed by Kalki
2020
Those who cherish their freedom and recognize and respect the equal right of their neighbors to be free and live in peace must work together for the triumph of law and moral principles in order that peace, justice, and confidence may prevail in the world. There must be a return to a belief in the pledged word, in the value of a signed treaty. There must be recognition of the fact that national morality is as vital as private morality.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
  • proposed by Kalki
2021 
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Pissing in your shoes won't keep your feet warm for long. ~ Icelandic proverb

  • 4~preschooler.at.heart
  • 0 Kalki 23:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC) Amusing, but not really great "Quote of the day" material; no tie in for the date, and as I heard it in Newfoundland, rather than Iceland, the proverb actually was "boots" rather than "shoes".
  • 0 Zarbon 19:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
  • 0 Lyle 04:51, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I wish I could keep war from all Nations; but that is beyond my power. I can at least make certain that no act of the United States helps to produce or to promote war. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • 3 InvisibleSun 09:07, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
  • 3 Kalki 13:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
  • 1 Zarbon 19:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
  • 2 Lyle 04:51, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury — or at least comfort — so there’s a lot of frustration and resentment when the dream craps out. ~ Gregory Benford

  • 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:48, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Modern economics and the welfare state borrowed heavily on the future. ~ Gregory Benford

  • 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:48, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Passion was inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. ~ Gregory Benford

  • 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:48, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

If you were damned certain you weren’t looking for something, there was a very good chance you wouldn’t see it. ~ Gregory Benford

  • 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:48, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

No matter how much you plan for it, the real thing seems curiously, well, unreal. ~ Gregory Benford

  • 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 07:48, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
In nine cases out of ten the speaker or writer who, seeking to influence public opinion, descends from calm argument to unfair blows hurts himself more than his opponent.
The Chinese have a story on this—a story based on three or four thousand years of civilization: Two Chinese coolies were arguing heatedly in the midst of a crowd. A stranger expressed surprise that no blows were being struck. His Chinese friend replied: "The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out."
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
  • 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:49, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived. Most important of all, the will for peace on the part of peace-loving nations must express itself to the end that nations that may be tempted to violate their agreements and the rights of others will desist from such a cause. There must be positive endeavors to preserve peace. America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
  • 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:49, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
The moral consciousness of the world must recognize the importance of removing injustices and well-founded grievances; but at the same time it must be aroused to the cardinal necessity of honoring sanctity of treaties, of respecting the rights and liberties of others, and of putting an end to acts of international aggression.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
  • 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:49, 30 January 2017 (UTC)


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