"Not enough theocratic-autocratic rulers."
Surprisingly, Hobbes could come up with put-downs for forms of government of which he did not approve. He's nearly unique in political science in that regard.
Great Quotes II: Source and Context are Key
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Surprisingly, Hobbes could come up with put-downs for forms of government of which he did not approve. He's nearly unique in political science in that regard.
Dreadnought
Deity
"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
"You can't catch me! I'm under a train!"
-TyrantSabre, 1:10 of Let's Play The Saboteur - Episode 14
-TyrantSabre, 1:10 of Let's Play The Saboteur - Episode 14
classical_hero
In whom I trust
"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."
Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill.
"Think how stupid the average man in the street is, and remember that half of them are stupider than that" - George Bernard Shaw (or words to the effect thereof)
Possibly; I'm remembering it offhand and I think it (like 'those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it') is probably attributed to several people.
GoodGame
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“The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.”
― William Arthur Ward
― William Arthur Ward
Terxpahseyton
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Beautiful 
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
"Eunuchs, have been a plague since ancient times" - Cao Cao
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
To be fair, it makes sense in context.
gangleri2001
Garbage day!!!
My favourite movie quotes:
"GARBAGE DAY!!!" - Eric Freeman
"They're eating her. And then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" - Darren Ewing
"Oh man! Oh god! Oh man! Oh god! Oh man! Oh man! Oh god! Oh man! Oh god!" - Ryan O'Neal
"What would you say I take you home and eat your *insert cat here*." - John Barrowman (he's gay)
"Eat the *copulating* shoes." - Cüneyt Arkın
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Ok, here you got the originals:
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"GARBAGE DAY!!!" - Eric Freeman
"They're eating her. And then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" - Darren Ewing
"Oh man! Oh god! Oh man! Oh god! Oh man! Oh man! Oh god! Oh man! Oh god!" - Ryan O'Neal
"What would you say I take you home and eat your *insert cat here*." - John Barrowman (he's gay)
"Eat the *copulating* shoes." - Cüneyt Arkın
EDIT:
Ok, here you got the originals:
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Optical
The Fall of the Eleventh
'It's not enough to bash in heads. You've got to bash in minds.' - unknown
'Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.' - Sigmund Freud
'Man is the only kind of varmint who sets his own trap, baits it, then steps on it.' - John Steinbeck
'Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than both sides.' - Frank Tyger
Some of my favourites.
'Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.' - Sigmund Freud
'Man is the only kind of varmint who sets his own trap, baits it, then steps on it.' - John Steinbeck
'Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than both sides.' - Frank Tyger
Some of my favourites.
madviking
north american scum
Paraprosdokians.
Stephen Colbert said:
Groucho Marx said:
W. Churchill on C. Attlee said:
Emo Philips said:
Homer Simpson said:
Mitch Hedberg said:
Bill Hicks said:
Martin Gardner said:
Optical
The Fall of the Eleventh
That last one is absolutely brilliant. 
Terxpahseyton
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Inspired by gangleri:
"He is Mother Russia's favorite son."
"He leads his enemies in the classlessness of death."
"The power of his karate chops violates international law."
"His throwing stars whistle the song of Cossacks - >>Ninja in secret mission 2<<"
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"He is Mother Russia's favorite son."
"He leads his enemies in the classlessness of death."
"The power of his karate chops violates international law."
"His throwing stars whistle the song of Cossacks - >>Ninja in secret mission 2<<"
Link to video.
"Hes a son-of-a-b----, but hes our son-of-a-b----."
- Franklin Roosevelt, on Anastasio Somoza
"F--- your parliament and your constitution... if your Prime Minister gives me talk about democracy, parliament and constitution, he, his parliament and his constitution may not last long."
- Lyndon Johnson, to the Ambassador of Greece, on Cyprus
"The nuclear bomb, does that bother you?...I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christsakes."
- Richard Nixon, to Kissinger, on bombing North Vietnam
"What do you mean "helped create"? I am Cyrus. I am Cyrus."
- Harry Truman, on Israel.
"If we see that Germany is winning, we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way we let them kill as many as possible."
- Harry Truman, on Operation Barbarossa
- Franklin Roosevelt, on Anastasio Somoza
"F--- your parliament and your constitution... if your Prime Minister gives me talk about democracy, parliament and constitution, he, his parliament and his constitution may not last long."
- Lyndon Johnson, to the Ambassador of Greece, on Cyprus
"The nuclear bomb, does that bother you?...I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christsakes."
- Richard Nixon, to Kissinger, on bombing North Vietnam
"What do you mean "helped create"? I am Cyrus. I am Cyrus."
- Harry Truman, on Israel.
"If we see that Germany is winning, we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way we let them kill as many as possible."
- Harry Truman, on Operation Barbarossa
gangleri2001
Garbage day!!!
I don't know if the German trailer improves the original trailer, but hearing he say in all seriousness sentences such as "Er führt seine Genger in die Klassenlosigkeit des Todes" is extremely lolgastic
. And to stay on topic, here's another quote:"HOLY *excrement*!" - Random guy from Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
And here's the context:
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carmen510
Deity
"A woman can never love you like a dog will, its just impossible. If you don't believe me, lock your dog and your wife in the trunk of your car for an hour and see who is still happy to see you." -Anonymous
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Long, but poignant.
"America, in the assembly of nations, since her admission among them, has invariably, though often fruitlessly, held forth to them the hand of honest friendship, of equal freedom, of generous reciprocity. She has uniformly spoken among them, though often to heedless and often to disdainful ears, the language of equal liberty, of equal justice, and of equal rights. She has, in the lapse of nearly half a century, without a single exception, respected the independence of other nations while asserting and maintaining her own. She has abstained from interference in the concerns of others, even when conflict has been for principles to which she clings, as to the last vital drop that visits the heart. [...] She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom. The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force. The frontlet on her brows would no longer beam with the ineffable splendor of freedom and independence; but in its stead would soon be substituted an imperial diadem, flashing in false and tarnished lustre the murky radiance of dominion and power. She might become the dictatress of the world; she would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit."
-John Quincy Adams, 4 July 1821 address as Secretary of State to the U.S. House of Representatives.
"America, in the assembly of nations, since her admission among them, has invariably, though often fruitlessly, held forth to them the hand of honest friendship, of equal freedom, of generous reciprocity. She has uniformly spoken among them, though often to heedless and often to disdainful ears, the language of equal liberty, of equal justice, and of equal rights. She has, in the lapse of nearly half a century, without a single exception, respected the independence of other nations while asserting and maintaining her own. She has abstained from interference in the concerns of others, even when conflict has been for principles to which she clings, as to the last vital drop that visits the heart. [...] She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom. The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force. The frontlet on her brows would no longer beam with the ineffable splendor of freedom and independence; but in its stead would soon be substituted an imperial diadem, flashing in false and tarnished lustre the murky radiance of dominion and power. She might become the dictatress of the world; she would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit."
-John Quincy Adams, 4 July 1821 address as Secretary of State to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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