The Patriot Post® · Monday Quotables
Insight
Anglo-Irish satirist and author Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): “[W]hoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.”
Demo-gogues
DNC Chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Democrats will run on the Affordable Care Act [in 2014] and win.”
The BIG Lie
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: “The majority of people calling for me to resign I would say are people who I don’t work for and who do not want this program to work in the first place.”
From the ‘Non Compos Mentis’ File
Barack Obama: “Now, some of these ideas I’ve laid out before. … Some of them do require Congress to do something. And one way we can start is by Congress passing a budget that reflects our need to invest in our young people. I know the budgets aren’t the most interesting topic for a Friday afternoon, even in a school where young people like math. And, by the way, I just sat in on a lesson called Real World Math, which got me thinking whether it’s too late to send Congress here, for a remedial course.”
Village Idiots
Actor Morgan Freeman: “The lengths that people will go to to show their prejudices! You see some of these signs that say, ‘TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!’ What the f–k is that? Whose country are you talking about? They are being pushed to the side, which is a good thing for them to realize: you don’t have the power you think you have in this country. … I think the Republicans have pretty much destroyed themselves by allowing themselves to be controlled by a small contingent of people with a lot of money.”
Dezinformatsia
CBS’ Bob Schieffer: “November 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John Kennedy, a day that many believe changed America forever. … The nation was plunged into shock. Nothing like this had ever happened.”
Do the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln (1865), James Garfield (1881) or William McKinley (1901) ring a bell?
Short Cuts
“Obama said that if for some reason you aren’t able to obtain insurance through the website, you’ll be just fine. Or maybe he said ‘fined.’” –humorist Frank J. Fleming