***FAMOUS LINES IN HISTORY

[Mental Granny]

LOL!

 

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[Frankn]

I have sworn upon the alter of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
By: Thomas Jefferson
Inscribed in Jefferson Memorial, Washington

 

[Red James Cash]

NUTS.......General MacAuliffe

 

[Frankn]

*To the memory of the locomotive engineer, Whose name was "casey jones" became a part of fokelore and the American language. "For I'm going to run her till she leaves the rails - or make it on time with the Southbound mail"
John Luther Jones
1864-1900
Inscription on monument in Calvary Cemetery, Jackson,Tennessee. Jones was an engineer in the service of the Illinoise Central and was particularly honored among his fellows for his skill in handeling his train and for his exceptional use of the train whistle. He was killed in a train wreck at Vaughan, Mississippi, in 1900. In death his hand clutched the whistle of the Cannonball Express.

 

[AU24K]

"It is....what it is."

Don't know who first said it, or where or when I heard it, but,
I find myself thinking this almost daily.

Best,
Scott

 

[Red James Cash]

I rob banks for a living, what do you do? .......John Dillinger

 

[Frankn]

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED SON
JESSE W. JAMES
DIED APRIL 3, 1882
AGED 34 YEARS,6 MONTHS, 28 DAYS
MURDERED BY A TRAITOR AND COWARD WHOES
NAME IS NOT WORTHY TO APPEAR HERE

Inscription on grave near Kearney , Missouri

 

[Red James Cash]

I rather like this epitaph, excuse the change of topic for a second


Here lies Less Moore
shot 4 time with a 44
No Less
No moore

 

[Red James Cash]

To be correct you would have to put this line under famous lines of stupidity instead of history.

Give me 80 men and i'll ride through the whole sioux nation".... Captain William Fetterman


Fetterman had his 80 men but it didnt work out quite the way he said it would. Crazy horse suckered Fetterman into an ambush. Red Cloud and Roman Nose along with 2000 warriors were waiting for Fetterman, him and his troopers lasted about 20 minutes.

 

[Frankn]

Oh you prefer the comical history lines!

HERE LIES THE BODY OF HARRY HERSHFIELD,
IF NOT NOTIFY GINSBERG AND CO., UNDERTAKERS AT ONCE.

Harry Hatfield, epitaph suggested by himself

 

[Frankn]

NOW HE BELONGS TO THE AGES
By: Edwin McMasters Stanton, spoken after the death of Abraham Lincoln April 15, 1865

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[Frankn]

IF, AFTER I DEPART THIS VALE, YOU EVER REMEMBER ME AND HAVE THOUGHT TO PLEASE MY GHOST, FORGIVE SOME SINNER AND WINK YOUR EYE AT SOME HOMELY GIRL.
By: H. L. Mencken, epitaph, from Smart Set, December 1921

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[Frankn]

America really was discovered by a dozen people before Columbus,but it was always successfully hushed up.

By: Oscar Wilde

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[oldgoat]

"Double , double toil and trouble . Fire burn and cauldron bubble ." Written by Shakespeare and a
very adequate portrait of my ex-sisters-in-law .

sounds more like my ex-wife and her daughter....they had a large cauldron in their front yard when I met them...lol

 

[Frankn]

I HAVE SWORE UPON THE ALTER OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY AGAINST EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN.
By: Thomas Jefferson inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial, Washington

 

[Red James Cash]

Two moons, cheyenne warrior who fought at the battle of little bighorn, discription of the battle when asked how long the battle lasted.

"It took about as long to wipe them out as it would to take a hungry man to eat his dinner"

 

[Frankn]

There is no nation on earth so dangerous as a nation fully armed, and bankrupt at home.
By: Henry Cabot Lodge January 22, 1916


If that's true, it don't look good for the world!

 

[diggummup]

Since we are into comedy now here's a few good ones from your (not mine lol) present Commander in Chief-

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
- Speech following Super Tuesday results, Feb 5, 2008

"I’m in this race not just to hold an office, but to gather with you to transform a nation."
- February 10, 2007 Presidential announcement

"Change doesn’t come from Washington. Change comes to Washington."
- Speech in Denver, Aug. 28, 2008

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. "
— Barack Obama

"There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America."
— Barack Obama


and last but not least-


"Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change."
— Barack Obama


Except for an inept and maladroit Leader!


Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. ~Horace

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand. ~Author Unknown

 

[Red James Cash]

Since we are into comedy now here's a few good ones from your (not mine lol) present Commander in Chief-

It will be a very cold day in hell when barack corrupt obama is my commander in chief, he can kiss my rosey red native american _ _ _(fill in the blank with your choice of word)

 

[Produce Guy]

Well not in history ,but from the movies-

"-This one here,wears sunglasses and smells like a goat"
from The Manchurian Candidate.