“The only problem with Boy Scouts is, there aren't enough of them.”

— Will Rogers

As quoted in Giving young people a chance to grow (22 Nov 2011)
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Source: [Marks, Linda, Giving young people a chance to grow, http://www.perrytribune.com/community/article_19a33c04-8c22-5b7e-bd10-ba1a572bc6ac.html, Perry County Tribune, 22 November 2011, 31 January 2015]

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American humorist and entertainer 1879–1935

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“I would be happy to have a gay child. He would be a Boy Scout, and he would teach all the other Boy Scouts how to build a fire with two sticks and a back-handed compliment.”

Margaret Cho (1968) American stand-up comedian

From Her Tours and CDs, Revolution Tour

“I said, who the hell wants to speak about politics when I'm in front of the boy scouts, right?”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

2010s, 2017, July, 2017 National Scout Jamboree (July 24, 2017)

“My point is that Boy Scout leaders, YMCA leaders, and others bring them in that direction, and teachers. And if you look over the history of societies, you will find, of course, that some of the highly intelligent people.”

Richard Nixon (1913–1994) 37th President of the United States of America

1970s, They're Born That Way (1971)

“I would like to state at this time that I am not now and have never been… a member of the Boy Scouts of America.”

Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician

Introduction to "Be Prepared"
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Context: I would like to state at this time that I am not now and have never been... a member of the Boy Scouts of America. Their motto is, as you know, "Be Prepared!" and that is the name of this song.

“I have gone home (or "Going home") — the Boy Scout trail sign "☉" on his tombstone in a tiny cemetery of Nyeri, Kenya.”

Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941) lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement

“I think that one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, and loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around the camp fire, but are lousy in politics.”

Newt Gingrich (1943) Professor, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

1970s, Address to College Republicans, June 24, 1978

“When you see me now, I'm nothing but a big overgrown tough mama's boy. And I speak that with glee because the problem with society is we don't have enough mama's boys.”

Mr. T (1952) American actor and retired professional wrestler

Attributed

“[After describing a hopper for feeding winter game:] If you think you're too old to enjoy building such contraptions — that only Boy Scouts get a kick out of such nonsense — just try it. You may end up by building several.”

Aldo Leopold (1887–1948) American writer and scientist

radio talk http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/AldoLeopold/AldoLeopold-idx?type=turn&id=AldoLeopold.ALYale&entity=AldoLeopold.ALYale.p0535&isize=XL "Feed Early to Keep Game at Home", 2 November 1933.
1930s

“The Bagshaws aren't boys. They're bombs with very colorful fuses.”

Ally Carter (1974) American writer

Source: Perfect Scoundrels

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