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Analysis: The 51 most outrageous lines from Donald Trump's NC rally
Chris Cillizza
WLOS.com
https://wlos.com/news/local/analysis-the-51-most-outrageous-lines-from-donald-trumps-nc-rally
2019, July 2019
“Mr. President, call the toady of American imperialism to order.”
Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Remark in the United Nations General Assembly (12 October 1960), denouncing a speech by Philippines delegate Lorenzo Sumulong
“What is this thing called love?
This funny thing called love?”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) American composer and songwriter
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" from Wake Up and Dream (1929)
Context: What is this thing called love?
This funny thing called love?
Just who can solve this mystery?
Why should it make a fool of me?
“Like a lot of things that everybody knows, it wasn’t true.”
Joe Haldeman book Forever Peace
Source: Forever Peace (1997), pp. 44-45
“With me it is emphatically true that the presidency is "no bed of roses."”
James K. Polk (1795–1849) American politician, 11th President of the United States (in office from 1845 to 1849)
Diary entry (4 September 1847).
Al Gore (1948) 45th Vice President of the United States
"How to Debate George Bush" in The New York Times (29 September 2004) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/29/opinion/29gore.html?ex=1254196800&en=b0a4fff00be52eb0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland.
“Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.”
Quentin Crisp book The Naked Civil Servant
Source: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 18
“A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House…”
Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) mid-20th-century Governor of Illinois and Ambassador to the UN
Speech in Washington D.C. (13 December 1952)
Jim Webb (1946) American politician, military officer and author
In Following His Own Script, Webb May Test Senate's Limits, Washington Post, November 29, 2006, Michael D. Shear http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112801582.html,
“Mr. President, distinguished colleagues.”
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the Supplemental Appropriations for FY 2014
Variant: Mr. President, distinguish colleagues, ladies and gentlemen.
