“You are quite correct in saying that I banned the export of monkeys on a humanitarian basis and not because the number was lessening.”
19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967
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Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
"Cigarette Tax," Hsiang-Tao Chou-Pao, no. 38, August 29, 1923, in Collected Works of Mao Tse-Tung (1917-1949) http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/collected-works-pdf/index.htm, vol. 1 (United States Joint Publications Research Service, 1978), 48. <br class="br">Original: (zh-CN) 中国政府的“阁议”，真是又敏捷又爽快，洋大人打一个屁都是好的“香气”，洋大人要拿棉花去，阁议就把禁棉出口令取消；洋大人要送纸烟来，阁议就“电令各该省停止征收纸烟税”。再请四万万同胞想一想，中国政府是洋大人的账房这句话到底对不对？
Mohan Bhagwat (1950) Indian activist
On beef, as quoted in " Full Text of RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's Vijaya Dashami Speech http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/full-text-of-rss-chief-mohan-bhagwats-vijaya-dashami-speech-674477", NDTV (3 October 2014) <br class="br">2011-2014
“My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.”
Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928–2016) Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian
quote published in Pakistan Studies Journal Pakistaniaat ( Vol. 3 No.2 of 2011 http://pakistaniaat.org/index.php/pak/article/view/129/129/). Retrieved on July 20, 2016
Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian
Charlie Rose interview, September 29, 2004
Context: If I was to really get at the burr in my saddle, it's not politics — and this is, I think, probably a horrible analogy — but I look at politicians as, they are doing what inherently they need to do to retain power. Their job is to consolidate power. When you go to the zoo and you see a monkey throwing poop, you go, "that's what monkeys do, what are you gonna do?" But what I wish the media would do more frequently is say "bad monkey."
“Exporting is positive because you sell what you produce.”
Mariano Rajoy (1955) Spanish politician
7 October, 2015 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Source: Cadena SER http://cadenaser.com/programa/2015/10/07/la_ventana/1444208611_462223.html
“You got anything to say to your filthy monkey gods before I food you?”
Darby Conley (1970) American cartoonist
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Bucky Katt
“Since quoting the Quran may get this book banned, I will merely give the verse numbers…”
Koenraad Elst (1959) orientalist, writer
1990s, Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society (1991)
Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) American politician and brother of John F. Kennedy
In an interview shortly before he was killed, responding to a question by David Frost about how his obituary should read.
Context: Something about the fact that I made some contribution to either my country, or those who were less well off. I think back to what Camus wrote about the fact that perhaps this world is a world in which children suffer, but we can lessen the number of suffering children, and if you do not do this, then who will do this? I'd like to feel that I'd done something to lessen that suffering.
“It's a brilliant metaphor. What I meant to say was, when you see a monkey masturbating at the zoo…”
Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian
C-SPAN interview, October 14, 2004, when asked about the above quote.