Anyone who is not a republican at twenty casts doubt on the generosity of his soul; but he who, after thirty years, perseveres, casts doubt on the soundness of his mind.
— Look, we... we don't need politicians, we've all got iPhones and computers, right? So any decision that has to be made, any policy, we just put it online. Let the people vote thumbs up, thumbs down, the majority wins. That's a democracy. That's a... that's an actual democracy.
— So's YouTube, and I don't know if you've seen it, but the most popular video is a dog farting the theme tune to Happy Days.
No one is very happy. Which means it's a good compromise, I suppose.
Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and shape it, but at some point it hardens and there's almost nothing you can do to reshape it.
We'll never get free
Lamb to the slaughter
What you gon' do
When there's blood in the water
The price of your greed
Is your son and your daughter
What you gon' do
When there's blood in the water
When there's blood in the water.
I am the people
I am the storm
I am the riot
I am the swarm
When the last tree's fallen
The animal can't hide
Money won't solve it
What's your alibi?
Beg me for mercy
Admit you were toxic
You poisoned me just for
Another dollar in your pocket
Now I am the violence
I am the sickness
Won't accept your silence
Beg me for forgiveness.
„Conservatives used to care too much about values and republicanism to buy ends-justify-the-means logic. But it increasingly appears that political expedience now outweighs basic morality. At least one side of the political spectrum seemed to care about truth. Now both sides are competing to see who can race to the bottom fastest.“
These demagogic non sequiturs undercut conservative claims to value the truth. And that has policy consequences: the supposedly conservative Pence and company have been pushing the lie for a week now that the free market is a failure and case-by-case economic fascism from above is the solution to lost American jobs. When truth doesn't matter, lies about policy are sure to follow.
— You'd have to keep a thing like this underwraps. I mean, just think about it, okay? First, the stock market would go. Then the economy, boom! The dollar, boom! And then pandemonium in the streets. War, genocide, ba-ba-ba-ba, boom, boom, boom!
— Bullshit. Nobody could keep that big a secret, Charlie. Somebody would blow the whistle.
— And every once in a while, some poor little sucker tries. Well, like these guys, boom, boom! [pulls down a screen of posted obituaries] Every one of these guys, dead, dead, dead.
— [notices one of them] Whoa, whoa, whoa! That's Professor Meyers.
— He ran the Atlantis shuttle program. Why, did you know him?
— Yeah, he helped me with research on my book.
— Well, that must have been before this "accident."
— Meyers is dead?
— Oh, two months ago. He was one of my most avid listeners and he had it all figured out. Everything the government was doing, where and why... He even sent me a map.
— A map for what Charlie? What's the map for?
— They're building spaceships, man.
— Shit, man, I have to go because I gotta get back to Earth.
— Sir, you don't have the authority.
— Who's got the authority? You? You've got the authority? You couldn't keep your goddamn mouth shut. You betrayed top-secret information last year. Could've had us all killed?
— What the hell are you talking about?
— You told your father everything. Put this entire plan in jeopardy. Good thing for you the old man could keep his mouth shut better than you. Oh, come on. Don't look so shocked. We had to monitor everybody who knew. How do you think we kept it a secret for so long?
— So we just killed people who tried to talk?
— Anybody who tried to talk was not just an enemy of the state, they're an enemy of humanity.
— The Director of the Louvre was an enemy of humanity?
— After he called a press conference, he was! Jesus. What did you think? We're all just gonna get onboard, hold hands and sing "Kumbaya"? Sit down and buckle up.
All men are not created equal! Some are born smarter, or more beautiful, or with parents of greater status. Some, by contrast, are born of weak body or mind, or with few, if any, talents. All men are different! Yes, the very existence of man is discriminatory. That’s why there is war, violence and unrest. And men fight, they fight and by doing so they improve. There is nothing wrong with inequality, on the contrary, equality is evil. What happened to the European Union pursuing a policy of equality? Democrats who have become slaves of their men. And with the Chinese Federation equalizing the distribution of benefits? Now ignorance and rudeness thrive there. But not with our beloved Britain. We are fighting, we are competing, we are constantly developing. Britain alone is moving forward, rushing into the future. So it is and so it will be. Even despite the death of my son Clovis. This is proof that Britain will continue to develop. Fight, win, take your own and rule. Then the future will belong to us.