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Reply #30 - Feb 15^th, 2014 at 9:02am

viewpoint wrote on Feb 15^th, 2014 at 8:58am:

"There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion".

Winston Churchill

And one of his best:

"Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon".

Winston Churchill

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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
- Sir Winston Churchill

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Reply #31 - Feb 17^th, 2014 at 4:46am

MP: "Mr Churchill, must you fall asleep whilst I'm speaking?"

Churchill: "No, it's purely voluntary."
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"We know that he has, more than any other man, the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought."
- Winston Churchill (about Ramsay MacDonald)
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Mozart fan: "Herr Mozart. I am thinking of writing symphonies. Can you give me any suggestions as to how to get started?"

Mozart: "A symphony is a very complex musical form. Perhaps you should begin with some simple lieder and work your way up to a symphony."

Mozart fan: "But Herr Mozart, you were writing symphonies when you were eight years' old."

Mozart: "Yes, but I never asked anybody how."
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"He has the lucidity which is the byproduct of a fundamentally sterile mind."
- Aneurin Bevan (about Neville Chamberlain)
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"He has committed every crime that does not require courage."
- Benjamin Disraeli (about Irish nationalist Daniel O’Connell)

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Famous put downs Reply #32 - Feb 17^th, 2014 at 9:50am St George of the Garden wrote on Feb 15^th, 2014 at 8:44am: Some Country Party Hack: I am a country member. Whitlam, interjecting “We remember.” I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't a Mr Lusher, whom Whitlam christened "Lusher the Gusher". Very quick on his feet Whitlam . . .but not quick enough getting to the phone.
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Re: Famous put downs
Reply #33 - Feb 17^th, 2014 at 10:05am

viewpoint wrote on Feb 15^th, 2014 at 9:02am:

viewpoint wrote on Feb 15^th, 2014 at 8:58am:

"There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion".

Winston Churchill

And one of his best:

"Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon".

Winston Churchill

No surprise that this old fool born into privilege did and said all he could to maintain the privilege . Thank God he's gone. A lot of Australians lost their lives at Gallipoli thanks to the privilege and vanity of this old fool.

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Re: Famous put downs
Reply #34 - Feb 17^th, 2014 at 10:07am

ImSpartacus2 wrote on Feb 17^th, 2014 at 10:05am:

viewpoint wrote on Feb 15^th, 2014 at 9:02am:

viewpoint wrote on Feb 15^th, 2014 at 8:58am:

"There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion".

Winston Churchill

And one of his best:

"Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon".

Winston Churchill

No surprise that this old fool born into privilege did and said all he could to maintain the privilege . Thank God he's gone. A lot of Australians lost their lives at Gallipoli thanks to the privilege and vanity of this old fool.

Wanker!

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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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Peter Freedman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5275 Wellington Gender:	Re: Famous put downs Reply #35 - Mar 1^st, 2014 at 7:47pm There are no doubt many definitions of the term "wanker" but I doubt that a teller of the truth is one of them.
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Reply #36 - Mar 2^nd, 2014 at 6:55am

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 9:40am:

Winston has devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches.
- F. E. Smith (about Winston Churchill)

I like that one cofgood and probably true to some extent anyway. You could just imagine him mulling the thoughts over in his mind most of his waking hours.

inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity

That was a very popular phrase when I was young but I never knew where it came from.

its not only what is said.. but the way it is said.... Roll Eyes

with the new age communications..a lot is going to be lost in the telling... Sad

smilies are not the same..

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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: Famous put downs Reply #37 - Mar 2^nd, 2014 at 8:50am Peter Freedman wrote on Mar 1^st, 2014 at 7:47pm: There are no doubt many definitions of the term "wanker" but I doubt that a teller of the truth is one of them. They are inhabitants of a village in Switzerland. They are all tellers of the truth.
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