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June 28

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2004
They serve so that we don't have to. They offer to give up their lives so that we can be free. It is, remarkably, their gift to us. And all they ask for in return is that we never send them into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. Will they ever trust us again? ~Michael Moore
2005
Now you see, Lone Starr, that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb. ~Rick Moranisas "Dark Helmet" inSpaceballsbyMel Brooks(born 28 June 1926)
2006
Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau(born 28 June 1712)
2007
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For him who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature; to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2008
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2009
Never dream of forcing men into the ways of God. Think yourself, and let think. Use no constraint in matters of religion. Even those who are farthest out of the way never compel to come in by any other means than reason, truth, and love. ~John Wesley
2010
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2011
Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own. ~John Wesleyborn on 28 June 1703
2012
Natureneverdeceivesus; it is we who deceive ourselves.
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau~
2013
The longer Ilive,the larger allowances I make forhumaninfirmities.
~John Wesley~
2014
I observed, "Loveis the fulfilling of thelaw,theendof the commandment. "It is not only" the first andgreat"command, butallthe commandments in one. "Whatsoever things arejust,whatsoever things arepure,if there be anyvirtue,if there be anypraise,"they areallcomprised in this oneword,love.
~John Wesley~
2015
Acountrycannot subsist well withoutliberty,nor liberty withoutvirtue.
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau~
2016
I deny that villany is evernecessary.It is impossible that it should ever be necessary for anyreasonablecreature to violate all thelawsofjustice,mercy,andtruth.Nocircumstancescan make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties ofhumanity.It can never be necessary for a rational being to sink himself below a brute.
~John Wesley~
2017
All thattimeislostwhich might be better employed.
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau~
2018
Hatred,as well aslove,renders its votariescredulous.
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau~
2019
Let's not be dazzled by the sententious glitter with whicherrorandlyingoften cover themselves.Societyis not created by thecrowd,andbodiescome together invainwhenheartsreject each other. Thetrulysociableman is moredifficultin hisrelationshipsthan others; those which consist only infalseappearancescannot suit him. He prefers tolivefar fromwickedmen without thinking about them, than to see them andhatethem. He prefers to flee hisenemyrather than seek him out toharmhim. A person who knows no other society than that of the heart will not seek his society in your circles.
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau~
2020
Wheneverthe last trumpet shall sound,I will present myself before the sovereignjudgewith thisbookin myhand,and loudly proclaim, thus have Iacted;these were mythoughts;such was I. With equalfreedomandveracityhave I related what was laudable or wicked, I haveconcealednocrimes,added novirtues;and if I have sometimes introduced superfluous ornament, it was merely to occupy a void occasioned by defect ofmemory:I may have supposed thatcertain,which I only knew to beprobable,but have never asserted astruth,a consciousfalsehood.
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau~
in
~Confessions~
2021
Though we cannotthinkalike, may we notlovealike? May we not be of oneheart,though we are not of oneopinion?Without all doubt, we may. HereinallthechildrenofGodmayunite,notwithstanding these smaller differences.
~John Wesley~
2022
Hopefor the best.Expectthe worst.
Theworld's a stage. We're unrehearsed.
No way ofknowingwhich way it's going.
Take your chances, there are noanswers.
Hope for the best. Expect the worst.
~Mel Brooks~
2023
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All I really want is to provide a hard-working man in the blouse business with a method of expressing himself; if he likes a tune, he can whistle it, and it will make his life happier. ~ Richard Rodgers, born on June 28th

We don't have a Rodgers page yet (hardly surprising); this quotation is the only Rodgers in my Simpson's (number 9614).
  • 2121a001202:24, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
  • 1Kalki27 June 2005 21:53 (UTC)
  • 1Zarbon04:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it means one always has some battle to wage against oneself.
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau~
I have entered on an enterprise which is without precedent, and will have no imitator. I propose to show my fellows a man as nature made him, and this man shall be myself.
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau~
I look on all theworldas my parish; thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am, Ijudgeit meet, right, and my boundenduty,to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings ofsalvation.
~John Wesley~


Comedyis aweirdbut verybeautifulthing. Even though it seemsfoolishandsillyandcrazy,comedy has the most to say about thehumancondition. Because if you canlaugh,you can get by. You cansurvivewhen things are bad when you have a sense ofhumor.
~Mel Brooks~
  • The red rose whispers of passion,
    And the white rose breathes of love;
    O, the red rose is a falcon,
    And the white rose is a dove.
    But I send you a cream-white rosebud
    With a flush on its petal tips,
    For the love that is purest and sweetest
    Has a kiss of desire on the lips. ~John Boyle O'Reilly(birthday)


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