Pat Robertson
(1930) American media mogul, executive chairman, and a former Southern Baptist minister
“Just buying up modern-day slaves and giving them their freedom hasn't worked. The Islamic slavers simply go and kidnap more of them. The only way to effectively stop armed slaver kidnappers is to train and equip large numbers of armed free men in the border villages. In the modern context, you can "Just Say No" to slavery only with a battle rifle.”
Modern Slavery Must End! https://survivalblog.com/modern_slavery_must_end/ Survivalblog, 6 May 2013
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Survivalist-fiction author and blogger 1960Related quotes
No. 29
The Federalist Papers (1787–1788)
Context: A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it. To oblige the great body of the yeomanry, and of the other classes of the citizens, to be under arms for the purpose of going through military exercises and evolutions, as often as might be necessary to acquire the degree of perfection which would entitle them to the character of a well-regulated militia, would be a real grievance to the people, and a serious public inconvenience and loss. It would form an annual deduction from the productive labor of the country, to an amount which, calculating upon the present numbers of the people, would not fall far short of the whole expense of the civil establishments of all the States. To attempt a thing which would abridge the mass of labor and industry to so considerable an extent, would be unwise: and the experiment, if made, could not succeed, because it would not long be endured. Little more can reasonably be aimed at, with respect to the people at large, than to have them properly armed and equipped; and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year.
Source: Arabian Sands (1959), p. 38.
“Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization — you can't just swallow it whole.”
Frank Zappa
(1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
The Dub Room Special (1982).
Context: I think that if a person doesn't feel cynical then they're out of phase with the 20th century. Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization — you can't just swallow it whole.
“Russians can give you arms, but only the United States can give you a solution.”
Anwar Sadat
(1918–1981) Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
[Fradkin, Hillel, Libby, Lewis, September/October 2012, Learning from Sadat: The Dividends of American Resolve, http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/learning-sadat-dividends-american-resolve, World Affairs, Washington, D.C., World Affairs Institute, October 9, 2018]
Francis Escudero
(1969) Filipino politician
Sun Star Manila http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2015/08/18/escudero-asks-govt-stop-buying-dilapidated-military-hardware-425294
2015
“Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.”
Jim Henson
(1936–1990) American puppeteer
