Category Archives: Quotations

Why We Still Need FDR

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: Roosevelt followed that quote with these stirring words: “Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me–and … Continue reading →

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Going, Going…Gone

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grand-children are once more slaves.” D. H. Lawrence

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Terrorism: The New Red Scare

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “Terrorism has replaced Communism as the rationale for the militarization of the country, for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression of civil liberties at home. It serves the same purpose, serving to create hysteria.” … Continue reading →

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Ignorance Is Bliss (and Dangerous)

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: Brecht, 1898-1956, was an influential German poet and playwright.

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Be Very Afraid

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”  H.L. Mencken

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I Did It

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day

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Unappreciative

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day

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Sarah Palin Thinks Obama Needs a Bigger Penis

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day “We already know that President Obama likes to ‘speak softly’ to our enemies. If he doesn’t have a “big stick” to carry, maybe it’s time for him to grow one.” Sarah Palin

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Legal Robbery

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day

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The End of Life As We Know It

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day “We have to put an end to this Barack Obama presidency before it puts an end to our way of life in America.” Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee Chairman, July 8, 2012

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