“THE COURT:... Mr. Dellinger, do you care to say anything? Only in respect to punishment.”
'MR. DELLINGER: Yes . . . and I hope you will do me the courtesy not to interrupt me while I am talking.'
THE COURT: I won't interrupt you as long as you are respectful.
'MR. DELLINGER: Well. I will talk about the facts and the facts don't always encourage false respect.'
United States of America vs. David T. Dellinger et al.
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Context: Grace Jones said this to me when I met her. I washed her feet, and I looked up at her and she said, "No matter what you do in your life, don’t you ever let anybody take your creative people away from you." And what my creative friends always remind me of is they say, "Only value the opinion of those that you respect. And anyone that you don’t respect, pay no mind to their opinion about you or anything else." And that’s how I live my life. If I worried about everything that everyone said, I would not be a good artist.
“I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything.”
U.S. Grant's "perfect speech" which he used on several occasions beginning in 1865, as quoted in Grant: A Biography (1982) by William S. McFeely, p. 234.
1860s
Context: I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything. I thank you for your hearty welcomes and good cheers.
Being with You (1981)
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U.S. Grant's "perfect speech" which he used on several occasions beginning in 1865, as quoted in Grant: A Biography (1982) by William S. McFeely, p. 234
1860s
Source: It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
“With all due respect, Mr President, you are an asshole.”
Mit Verlaub, Herr Präsident, Sie sind ein Arschloch.
Said to German Bundestag vice president Richard Stücklen after he excluded Jürgen Reents because he described Helmut Kohl as von Flick freigekauft [bought out by Flick) (1984-10-18); from S. Krause-Burger: Joschka Fischer. Der Marsch durch die Illusionen.
