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Goering: "Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."

Gilbert: "There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."

Goering: "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

Hermann Goering, interviewed by Gustave Gilbert during the Nuremberg trials, as quoted in Gilbert's book Nuremberg Diary

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law."

"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular."

Edward R. Murrow

"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider to be God-fearing and pious."

Aristotle, 343 B.C.

"I believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least. And by these standards, we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq."

Stephen Colbert

"Reading and sauntering and lounging and dozing, which I call thinking, is my supreme happiness."

David Hume

George Costanza: "God would never let me be successful. He’d kill me first. He’d never let me be happy."
Therapist: "I though you didn’t believe in god."
Costanza: "I do for the bad things!"

Seinfeld

"My brain's the only organ in my body that functions properly, and it's the one thing I've got that's an advantage over everyone I meet. Physically, I'd always lose in a fight. So I try and keep it in good working order. Like Davros on Dr. Who. I'm a pickled brain in a wheelchair."

Nicky Wire

Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm!
Lisa: That's specious reasoning, Dad.
Homer: Thank you, dear.
Lisa: By your logic I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away.
Homer: Oh, how does it work?
Lisa: It doesn't work.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Lisa: It's just a stupid rock.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Lisa: But I don't see any tigers around, do you?
(Homer thinks for a moment, then pulls out some money)
Homer: Lisa, I want to buy your rock.

The Simpsons, "Much Apu About Nothing"

"Stay away from the church. In the battle of science versus religion, science offers credible evidence for all of the serious claims it makes. The church says, 'Oh, it's right here in this book. See the one written by people who thought the sun was magic?' I for one would like to see some proof that there is a god, and if you say 'a baby’s smile' I’m going to kick you right in the stomach."