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What happened to beautiful political speeches?

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    #21
    Originally posted by Joe Black View Post
    Where's that quote meant to have come from Troll?
    Berlin, Reichstag speech on October 6, 1939
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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      #22
      Originally posted by Troll View Post
      Berlin, Reichstag speech on October 6, 1939
      Yes Hitler was a devious git, wasn't he?
      Hard Brexit now!
      #prayfornodeal

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        #23
        There are known knowns.
        These are things we know that we know.
        There are known unknowns.
        That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know.
        But there are also unknown unknowns.
        There are things we don't know we don't know.
        The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

        But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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          #24
          Education, edukation, ejukashun.

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            #25
            "Sometimes the only way you conquer the pull of power is to set it down. It is difficult to know how to make this speech today."
            - Blair's farewell speech

            Could have been written as, "I'm off. This bloody war's a f--- albatross round me bleedin' neck. All yours, Gordon..."

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              #26
              Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
              There are known knowns.
              These are things we know that we know.
              There are known unknowns.
              That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know.
              But there are also unknown unknowns.
              There are things we don't know we don't know.
              Not very elegant, but true, nevertheless
              Hard Brexit now!
              #prayfornodeal

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                #27
                Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                Not very elegant, but true, nevertheless
                Did Rumsfeld write the Abbott & Costello "Who's on First?" sketch?

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by zeitghost
                  Comes of being a vegetarian humanist apparently.:
                  I'm a vegetarian, and human apparently.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by Troll View Post
                    Berlin, Reichstag speech on October 6, 1939
                    Tried to Google it but no matter which bits I searched on the results always pointed back to your original post...so thought it might be your own.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                      ... but true, nevertheless
                      Aha! I thought so too but was too scared to say so out loud.

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