Category Archives: Quotations

BPR Quote of the Day: Helpless and Contemptible

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.” Woodrow Wilson

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BPR Quote of the Day: Men in Suits

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“Bear in mind, too, that experience has made it painfully clear that men in suits not only don’t have any monopoly on wisdom, they have very little wisdom to offer.” Paul Krugman from Confronting the Malefactors (NY Times, Oct. 6, … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: American Hypocrisy, Part II

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?” Kahlil Gibran  

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BPR Quote of the Day: The Owners of Government

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson.” Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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BPR Quote of the Day: “Nuclear Giants and Ethical Infants”

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“WITH the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents. Our knowledge of science has clearly outstripped our capacity to control it. We have many men of science; too … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Stupid People

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”  ~John Stuart Mill  (1806-1873) British Philosopher  

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BPR Quote of the Day: The Liberal Class

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Chris Hedges explains why the Democratic Party acts not all that much different than the other corporate party, and why their traditional allies are only to happy to go along for the ride…. “The media, the church, the university, the … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Our “Choice” For President

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“….everyone knows that in the end, once the primaries are finished, we’re going to be left with one 1%-approved stooge taking on another. Most likely, it’ll be Mitt Romney versus Barack Obama, meaning the voters’ choices in the midst of … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Hitting Too Many Icebergs

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon and the incompetence of Carter. Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: What Will Destroy America?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of the United States  

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