Category Archives: Quotations

BPR Quote of the Day: Starvation As a Lesson

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Michele Bachmann is so mean she won’t even let them eat cake…… “Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.” … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Patriot or Traitor?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn’t.  You cannot shirk this and be a man.  To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: What Is OWS About?

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The question I’m most often asked about the Occupy Wall Street movement, or OWS, is: “What’s it all about?” And, every time, I’m reminded of the famous New Yorker cartoon of the man who walks into a showroom for luxury … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: “They’ll Kill Everybody!”

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Capitalists, if you think that you can play footsies with these people, you’re wrong. They will come for you and drag you into the streets and kill you…they’re Marxist radicals…these guys are worse than Robespierre from the French Revolution…they’ll kill … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: “We Break the Sword”

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Perhaps the great day will come when a people, distinguished by wars and victories and by the highest development of a military order and intelligence, and accustomed to make the highest sacrifice for these things, will exclaim of its own … Continue reading →

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The World Would Be Better Off

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

AN EASY ESSAY by Peter Maurin The world would be better off if people tried to become better, And people would become better if they stopped trying to be better off. For when everyone tries to become better off nobody … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Freedom vs Security?

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack.”                                             Molly Ivins

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BPR Blog of the Day: Krugman Gets Silly

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

                         Solving the Financial Crisis “Never mind all the bleak stuff I’ve been writing lately. A solution is at hand! All we need to do is use some of … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: No Struggle, No Gain

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the handful of those who are really determined to do something is minute in comparison with the mass of the … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Dragging the People to War

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“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 … Continue reading →

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