"The beatings will continue until morale improves."
             -Unknown manager

"Good.  Fast.  Cheap.  Pick two"
             -Solomon Short

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."
             -H.L. Mencken

"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die."
             -Al-Hazred 

Re: Corruption:
 
We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans - Bill Clinton

 
Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist - Edmund Burke


The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.- C. L. De Montesquieu

 
Corruption is no stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident - Walter Goodman

 
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things bought and sold are legislators. - P. J. O'Rourke

 
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. - Ayn Rand

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Some by me:

"Participating in a zombie march during the Apocalypse is a sure way to get yourself killed."

"You have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to defend your opinion."

"Shoot high, aim low."

"A little bit of confrontation goes a long way."

"There are rules to life. But they aren't what you think they are."

"Socialism is the theory that every evil person will lay down their arms and live in harmony. That is to say, it is bull****."

"A defiant socialist is a better defender of freedom than any complacent libertarian."

"Don't you ever give two ***** about my "authority". Only respect my humanity."

"Save your brain, turn the boob tube off."

"You can't run a country like a family. Primarily because politicians don't even understand the concept of "your best interests"."

"Liberals don't recognize a choice when they see it. Conservatives don't understand the difference between 'your choice' and 'mine'."

Some of my favorites by other people:

"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."
-Adam Kokesh

"90% of everything is garbage"
-Isaac Asimov

"You know what the difference between me and you really is?
You look out there and see a horde of evil, brain eating zombies.
I look out there and see a target rich environment."
-Dillis D. Freeman Jr., Monster Hunter International
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Re: Patriotism:
 
If you think we are free today, you know nothing about tyranny and even less about freedom. - Tom Braun


Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country - Ambrose Bierce

Diplomacy is the art of telling the other guy to go to Hell in such a manner that he looks forward to the trip.

I dont know who said it first , but I say it often.
 "Illigitamente non  carborundom"
   " Dont let hte bastards wear you down"
 
  fogive ant errors in spelin

illigitimi non carborundum est.   Slogan for the Old Bastards's Club, Circa WWII.
My member # is 699842.

"The philosophy of the classroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next."  A. Lincoln.

"Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business."  Calvin Coolidge

"The Liberals have put on political trench coats and dark glasses and slipped their platform into a plain brown wrapper."  Ronald Reagan

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence...It is force."  George Washington

A Liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel."  Robert Frost

"Any man who actually wants to be president, probably is not qualified."  John Quincy Adams.

"I've been shot at by experts and unless your name's on the bullet you needn't be afraid - and that of course you can't find out, so why worry." - Harry Truman


-T.

I don't know about that but I am fond of these two:

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov

"Sometimes, I would rather be incompetent." - Beamish

Pournelle's addendum:  "That is because the competent know when and how to strike pre-emptively."

"Let's rock, Posleen-boy!"
          -Bun-Bun

  And She knows, because She warns him, and Her instincts never fail,
    That the Female of Her Species is more deadly than the Male. -  The Female of the Species , by Rudyard Kipling.


All animals are equal but some animals are more equal then others  .- Animal Farm by George Orwell

Democracy is the worst form of Government, except for all the others.  "Winston Churchill"

Anything is better then fingernails. "I think Ross Seyfried"

We're not slow, we're not fast, we just do everything halffast. 

You can't miss fast enough to win.

No man should take a pistol to a gun fight with any degree of enthusiasm.  "Evan Marshall"

Forgot to add this one. Don't know who said it, and it might be a bit paraphrased, but the idea is still there.

"Power is making a man eat a s**t sandwich. Leadership is getting him to ask for a second helping."

Basuto proverb:

If a man does away with his traditional way of living and throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that he has something of value to replace them.


 Robert Ruark used that proverb as the epigraph for his 1955 novel of Africa, "Something of Value."

Misc:

That is going to leave a mark...

I wouldn't have told that...

There is a lost Mom/Dad in Gun Store, and would they please come to the front?
Your children are  up front  wanting to go home now.

Would the parents of <child's name> Please come to Sporting Goods? Your kid just picked out a gun, and need his/her cash, credit card or checkbook.

Oh just shut up and get in the back of the truck will ya?

Actually we do hear lots of duck hunters blow these  duck calls on display-  and they  sound like anything else you can think of, but a duck


Most popular is the "kitty-kat got hit by a 18 wheeler Hail & and Nail  call..."



(I was present when these famous words were uttered for the first time..
I made it a point to hang around  often to hear it again and even egged on  the old boy to say again, even when ducks were not  even in season *lol*)