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Some of my favourite quotes  My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. Tom Paine President Josiah Bartlet: “We hold these truths to be self-evident,” they said, “that all men are created equal.” Strange as it may seem, that was the first time in history that anyone had ever bothered to write that down. Decisions are made by those who show up. He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Tom Paine Sir Richard Mottram: “We’re all fucked. I’m fucked. You’re fucked. The whole department is fucked. It’s the biggest cock-up ever. We’re all completely fucked.” Blackadder: ‘Yes, it is’, not ‘That it be’. You don’t have to talk in that stupid voice to me. I’m not a tourist. Nancy Reagan: I don’t intend for this to take on a political tone. I’m just here for the drugs. Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Tom Paine  Cllr Mike Kane: Every day out of Manchester is a day wasted Toby Ziegler: Wanna play pool? C.J. Cregg: I don’t know how to play Toby Ziegler: Then you wanna play for money? Major Tate: Sir, we’re not prejudiced toward homosexuals. Admiral Percy Fitzwallace: You just don’t want to see them serving in the Armed Forces? Major Tate: No sir, I don’t. Admiral Percy Fitzwallace: ‘Cause they impose a threat to unit discipline and cohesion. Major Tate: Yes, sir. Admiral Percy Fitzwallace: That’s what I think, too. I also think the military wasn’t designed to be an instrument of social change. Major Tate: Yes, sir. Admiral Percy Fitzwallace: The problem with that is that what they were saying to me 50 years ago. Blacks shouldn’t serve with whites. It would disrupt the unit. You know what? It did disrupt the unit. The unit got over it. The unit changed. I’m an admiral in the U.S. Navy and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff… Beat that with a stick. ”Who wants placards when you can invent the NHS”? – Tom Miller Josh Lyman: All I’m saying is, if you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop to get a beer. Donna Moss: If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for red lights. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Tom Paine “like all of you I am sick of tired people actually putting us into separate camps. So let’s end it right here – no more Blairites, no more Brownites, just Labour because we’re all….In case anybody hasn’t noticed, Granita is shut.” Hazel Blears Martin Luther King Jr.: To accept passively an unjust system is to cooperate with that system; thereby the oppressed become as evil as the oppressor. All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. Tom Paine Martin Luther King Jr.: I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. Tom Paine