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Anslinger, Harry Jacob  freedom quote

"The killer was a narcotic known to America as marijuana, and to history as hashish. Used in the form of cigarettes, it is comparatively new to the United States and as dangerous as a coiled rattlesnake. How many murders, suicides, robberies and maniacal deeds it causes each year, especially among the young, can only be conjectured. … No one knows, when he smokes it, whether he will become a philosopher, a joyous reveler, a mad insensate, or a murderer. … It gives few warnings of what it intends to do to the human brain. … Ordinarily a sane, rather quiet young man, he had become crazed from smoking marijuana. In at least two dozen comparatively recent cases of murder or degenerate sex attacks, marijuana proved to be a contributing cause. … His recollection of the crimes he had committed was hazy. When you get to floating, it's hard to keep track of things. If I had killed somebody on one of those jobs, I'd never have known it. Sometimes it was over before I realized that I'd even been out of my room. … Command a person high on mu or muggles to crawl on the floor and bark like a dog, and he will do it without a thought of the idiocy of the action. Everything, no matter how insane, becomes plausible. … There should be campaigns of education in every school, so that children will not be deceived by the wiles of peddlers, but will know of the insanity, the disgrace, the horror which marijuana can bring to its victim. There must be constant enforcement and constant education against this enemy, which has a record of murder and terror running through the centuries." – "Marijuana – Assassin of Youth", American Magazine, 1937
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"He had no recollection of having committed the multiple crime. The officers knew him ordinarily as a sane, rather quiet young man, now he was pitifully crazed. They sought the reason. The boy said that he had been in the habit of smoking something which youthful friends called 'muggles', a childish name for marihuana." – "Marijuana – Assassin of Youth", American Magazine, 1937
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"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others." – Anslinger's testimony to US Congress supporting Marihuana Tax Act, 1937
 
"Marihuana is more dangerous drug than heroin or cocaine. … I am surprised to learn that certain police officers have been inclined to minimize the effects of the use of marihuana. … They would, I am sure, be convinced that the drug is adhering to its Old World traditions of murder, assault, rape, physical demoralization, and mental breakdown. A study of the effects of marihuana shows clearly that it is a dangerous drug, and Bureau records prove that its use is associated with insanity and crime." – Bulletin of the FBI, May 1938

Ashcroft, John David  freedom quotes

"Quite simply, the illegal drug paraphernalia industry has invaded the homes of families across the country without their knowledge. This illegal, billion-dollar industry will no longer be ignored by law enforcement." – US Attorney General Ashcroft's press conference following Operation Pipe Dream resulting in the arrest of Tommy Chong and others

[Critics who] "scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve" – US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Dec 2001
motherjones.com/news/feature/2002/03/ashcroft.html

 
Barr, Robert L, Jr

"As members of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, we write to commend you on the outstanding performance of the Justice Department in obtaining a decisive Supreme Court ruling in the Oakland [medicinal] Cannabis case. We urge you to now move swiftly to give effect to that ruling throughout the United States with respect to 'medical marijuana' provisions contrary to the Court's unanimous decision. ... The fringe drug legalization movement hopes this will send a message to our children and society that drug use is tolerable. Marijuana use is not tolerable under any circumstances. ... We appreciate the leadership of President Bush and you in this important area and look forward to continuing to work with you to protect our families from illegal drugs." – Letter to US Attorney General John Ashcroft, May 23 2001

Bennett, William J

"In the end, drug use is wrong because of what it does to human character. It degrades. It makes people less than they should be by burning away a sense of responsibility, subverting productivity, and making a mockery of virtue."

Biden, Joseph R, Jr

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed, he said, 'Look, here's what happened.' " – Interview with Katie Couric, Sept 2008
Editor's note: Franklin Rossevelt was not President in 1929 and television did not exist in 1929.
 
"As Co-Chairman of the International Narcotics Control Caucus, Sen. Biden has a long record of accomplishment in passing bills to combat drug use and help drug addicts kick their habit. Nearly twenty years ago, he wrote the law creating the nation's 'Drug Czar,' a cabinet level position which oversees and coordinates national drug control policy. Today, Senator Biden continues to work to stop the spread of new drugs such as Methamphetamine, Rohypnol and Ecstasy, and he works for better regulation of anabolic steroids." – from biden.senate.gov, Feb 1 2008
biden.senate.gov/issues/drugs.cfm
 
"Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is a leader in Congress on combating drug use and stopping the flow of drugs from reaching our shores. In an effort to curb drug use, Senator Biden wrote the law creating the nation's 'Drug Czar' who oversees and coordinates national drug control policy. To further 'protect' our kids from the scourge of drugs, Senator Biden wrote the law that triples penalties for criminals who use kids to sell drugs, toughens penalties for selling drugs near playgrounds and schools, and increases penalties for drug use and drug trafficking in prisons. It also provides millions of dollars to give law enforcement officials the resources they need to combat drug use in communities nationwide, particularly methamphetamine and Ecstasy." – from biden.senate.gov previously
cannabisculture.com/articles/5101.html

Bonner, Robert C

"As you are well aware, the issue of whether marijuana itself has any accepted medical use is pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. We are confident that the Court will find no merit in the petition and that it will affirm my ruling in that case." – Letter to Carl Eric Olsen, Oct 23 1992

"Beyond doubt the claims that marijuana is medicine are false, dangerous and cruel." – 1992

Brown, Robert E, Jr

"Illicit drugs cost our society 52,000 dead and nearly $110 billion dollars each year due to health costs, accidents, and lost productivity." – Letter to Veterans for More Effective Drug Strategies, May 23 2000
vetsformeds.org/ondcp_reply.html
Editor's note: Illegal drugs cause nearly 6,400 American deaths annually, about 1% of the 586,400 annual American deaths caused by all drugs, legal and illegal. See cannabisresearch.html#deaths. The $110 billion dollar cost was extrapolated from a flawed 1982 study by Research Triangle Institute. John Horgan details the flaws of this study in "Test Negative", Scientific American, Mar 1990, pgs 18-22

Bush, George Herbert Walker, Sr

"No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God. ... I'm just not very high on atheists." – Interview w Robert I Sherman, Chicago, IL, Aug 27 1988

Bush, George Walker

"The strong have a duty to protect the weak." – Comment on the Terri Schiavo controversy, Mar 31 2005
 
"It's wise to always error on the side of life." – Comment on the Terri Schiavo controversy, Mar 22 2005
 
"Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be here somewhere. No, no weapons over there. Maybe under here?" – Comments during a slideshow of Bush looking under furniture in the Oval Office at a Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner, Mar 2004
prisonplanet.com/articles/november2006/011106iraqjoke.htm

"I'm the commander, I do not need to explain why I say things ... Maybe someone needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation ..."
 
"One of the interesting questions facing baby boomers is, have we grown up? Are we willing to share the wisdom of past mistakes? And I think the message ought to be to all children, 'Don't use drugs. Don't abuse alcohol.' That's what leadership is all about." – Boston Globe, pg A3, Aug 22 1999
Editor's note: The more interesting questions are: Has George Walker Bush grown up? Is George Walker Bush willing to share the wisdom of his past (and present) mistakes? Isn't alcohol a drug?

 
Coulter, Ann Hart  freedom quote

"I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I'm – so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards." – Conservative Political Action Conference, Mar 2 2007
cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/index.html, upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/20070302-105935-6328r
 
"I'd build a wall. In fact, I'd hire illegal immigrants to build the wall. And throw out the illegals who are here." – O'Reilly Factor, Apr 14 2006
 
"Perhaps we could put aside our national, ongoing, post-9/11 Muslim butt-kissing contest and get on with the business at hand: Bombing Syria back to the stone age and then permanently disarming Iran." – "Muslim Bites Dog", Feb 15 2006
 
"I think the government should be spying on all Arabs, engaging in torture as a televised spectator sport, dropping daisy cutters wantonly throughout the Middle East and sending liberals to Guantanamo." – Dec 21 2005
 
"It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 – except Goldwater in '64 – the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted." – The Guardian online, May 17 2003
 
"Liberals hate America, they hate flag-wavers, they hate abortion opponents, they hate all religions except Islam, post 9/11. Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do. They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now." – Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right, pgs 5-6, June 2002
 
"Airports scrupulously apply the same laughably ineffective airport harassment to Suzy Chapstick as to Muslim hijackers. It is preposterous to assume every passenger is a potential crazed homicidal maniac. We know who the homicidal maniacs are. They are the ones cheering and dancing right now. We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war." – Sept 12 2001
 
"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.' " – Hannity and Colmes, June 20 2001
 
"I think [women] should be armed but should not vote." –  Politically Incorrect, Feb 26 2001
 
"I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote." –  Hannity and Colmes, Aug 17 1999
 
"I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the juvenile delinquents, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing in the 'hood to be flogged publicly." –  MSNBC, Mar 22 1997
 
"My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism." – MSNBC, Feb 8 1997
 
"Congress could pass a law tomorrow requiring that all aliens from Arabic countries leave. ... We should require passports to fly domestically. Passports can be forged, but they can also be checked with the home country in case of any suspicious-looking swarthy males."
 
"I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning. ... They’re a major threat. I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning to the rest of the world."
 
"People like you caused us to lose that war." – to a disabled Vietnam veteran, MSNBC
 
"My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."
 
"Even if corners were cut, [Iran-Contra] was a brilliant scheme. There is no possibility that anyone in any Democratic administration would have gone to such lengths to fund anti-Communist forces. When Democrats scheme from the White House, it's to cover up the President's affair with an intern. When Republicans scheme, it's to support embattled anti-Communist freedom fighters sold out by the Democrats."
 
"[Canadians] better hope the United States doesn't roll over one night and crush them. They are lucky we allow them to exist on the same continent."
 
"[Liberals] are always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. ... Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment."
 
"The reason any conservative's failing is always major news is that it allows liberals to engage in their very favorite taunt: Hypocrisy! Hypocrisy is the only sin that really inflames them. Inasmuch as liberals have no morals, they can sit back and criticize other people for failing to meet the standards that liberals simply renounce. It's an intriguing strategy. By openly admitting to being philanderers, draft dodgers, liars, weasels and cowards, liberals avoid ever being hypocrites."
 
"(Sheryl) Crow explained that the 'best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.' War solves that problem too: We won't have any enemies because we're going to kill them. Crow warned of 'huge karmic retributions that will follow.' She seemed not to understand that America going to war is huge karmic retribution. They killed three thousand Americans and now they're going to die."
 
"Gore said foreigners are not worried about 'what the terrorist networks are going to do, but about what we're going to do.' Good. They should be worried. They hate us? We hate them. Americans don't want to make Islamic fanatics love us. We want to make them die. There's nothing like horrendous physical pain to quell anger. Japanese Kamikazes pilots hated us once, too. A couple of well-aimed nuclear weapons got their attention. Now they are gentle little lambs."
 
"In the corporeal world, international law is whatever the United States and Great Britain say it is."

 
Engler, John

"It doesn't fit my image and there must have been a brain-dead evening or something once upon a time because these were not votes that I cast. There was a bill – we want back and checked – there was a bill in 1973 that I sponsored with, of all people, Perry Bullard and Lynn Jondahl ... so I know something was up. Maybe I was under medication or I was sedated. Somehow, my signature ended up on the sponsorship. The bill never came out of committee." – Interview with J P McCarthy on WJR-AM reported by Hugh McDiarmid, "Engler squirms over pot-law votes", Detroit Free Press, Oct 23 1994. Engler cast at least a dozen votes in support of efforts to reduce cannabis penalties between 1976 and 1979.

Evans, Stephen

"It doesn't matter whether you're right or not, you're never going to be able to use hemp. A lot of people have heavy feelings about marijuana and they're not going to allow you to grow it."

 
Falwell, Jerry

"What we saw on Tuesday [Sept 11 2001], as terrible as it is, could be miniscule if, in fact, God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve. The ACLU has got to take a lot of blame for this. And I know I'll hear from them for this, but throwing God ... successfully with the help of the federal court system ... throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools, the abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked and when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad ... I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who try to secularize America ... I point the thing in their face and say you helped this happen. ... Pat [Marion Gordon Robertson], did you notice yesterday that the ACLU and all the Christ-haters, the People for the American Way, NOW, etc., were totally disregarded by the Democrats and the Republicans in both houses of Congress, as they went out on the steps and and called out to God in prayer and sang 'God bless America' and said, let the ACLU be hanged. In other words, when the nation is on its knees, the only normal and natural and spiritual thing to do is what we ought to be doing all the time, calling on God." – Interview, 700 Club, Sept 13 2001.
truthorfiction.com/rumors/f/falwell-robertson-wtc.htm
 
"If we are going to save America and evangelize the world, we cannot accommodate secular philosophies that are diametrically opposed to Christian truth ... We need to pull out all the stops to recruit and train 25 million Americans to become informed pro-moral activists whose voices can be heard in the halls of Congress. I am convinced that America can be turned around if we will all get serious about the Master's business. It may be late, but it is never too late to do what is right. We need an old-fashioned, God-honoring, Christ-exalting revival to turn American back to God. America can be saved!" – Moral Majority Report, Sept 1984.
 
"AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals."
 
"There is no separation of church and state. Modern US Supreme Courts have raped the Constitution and raped the Christian faith and raped the churches by misinterpreting what the Founders had in mind in the First Amendment to the Constitution."
 
"The Jews are returning to their land of unbelief. They are spiritually blind and desperately in need of their Messiah and Savior."
 
"We're fighting against humanism, we're fighting against liberalism ... we are fighting against all the systems of Satan that are destroying our nation today ... our battle is with Satan himself."

"Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan."

"The ACLU is to Christians what the American Nazi party is to Jews."

"AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of Pharoah's chariotters."

 
Giuliani, Rudolph W

"I believe the effort to try and make marijuana available for medical uses is really a way to legalize it. There's no reason for it. ... I'm very opposed to any form of legalizing marijuana; I think it's a mistake. I know a lot about this particular area for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is as a prosecutor for more of my life than anything else. You can accomplish everything that you want to accomplish with things other than marijuana, probably better. Meaning, there are pain medications much superior to marijuana. And, marijuana is a very dangerous substance. We'd be much better off telling people the truth; marijuana adds nothing to the array of legal medications and prescription medications that are available for pain relief. And marijuana is a very serious and addictive drug that particularly harms lots and lots of young people. And we should keep it illegal, and I will keep it illegal." – Speech at New Hampshire Technical Institute, July 10 2007
foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288844,00.html, stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/493/fulltext#7

"... I am committed to aggressively pursuing child predators, taking measures to protect our children from violent crimes and helping reduce and prevent drug abuse." – "12 Commitments to the American People"
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"Justice is serious business. Judges should judge. Making laws is the responsibility of an elected legislature. And amending the Constitution is the responsibility of the American people. Under my watch, it will stay that way." – "12 Commitments to the American People"
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Hitler, Adolph

"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subjected peoples to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the underdog is a sine qua non ["something essential" lit. "without which not"] for the overthrow of any sovereignty. So let's not have any native militia or police." – Edict of Mar 18 1938

Huckabee, Michael Dale

"You don't like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag. ... If somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell them what to do with the pole. That's what we'd do." – Speech at Huckabee campaign rally, Myrtle Beach SC, Jan 17 2008
huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/18/huckabee-embraces-confede_n_82199.html
 
"I think the radical view is to say that we’re going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal." – Interview w beliefnet.com's Steven Waldman and Dan Gilgoff, "Mike Huckabee: 'The Lord Truly Gave Me Wisdom' ", before? Jan 17 2008
beliefnet.com/story/228/story_22873_2.html
 
"I think I’d leave that to the DEA. Let me just be very blunt. I don’t support the idea. I think there are better ways to treat medical illnesses than the use of a drug that has really caused so many more people to have their lives injured than it has to necessarily have their lives helped." – Francestown, NH, June 4 2007
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"How can we change a drug-addicted culture? Do we say, 'If these people weren't poor, or if they only knew what drugs did, then they wouldn't be doing this'? If so, you'd prepare a bunch of informational videos and explain the danger. And in fact, that is just what much of government has been doing. And has it worked? No. Will it ever work? No. Why not? Because taking drugs appeals to the self-centered, pleasure-seeking people we are by nature. If we're convinced of that selfish nature, we take a different tack: 'If you use drugs, we're going to put you in jail and confiscate your car.' We must come to see that our core problem is not a lack of education but a lack of righteousness." – writes Huckabee in his book Character Makes a Difference, pgs 172-173
cannabisculture.com/articles/5101.html
 
"I'm narrower than that. I don't think all Baptists will make it to Heaven." – responding to the question "Are you one of those narrow Baptists who believe only Baptists make it to Heaven?"
 
"The criteria to get into heaven is you have to be not good, but perfect. That's the real challenge in it. ... On that day, when I pull up, I'll be asked, 'Do you have what it takes to get in?' And if I ask, 'Well, what does it take to get in?' Gotta be perfect." – Sermon at First Baptist North Spartanburg
 
"I have deep convictions about who goes [to Heaven] and who doesn't, but as far as who makes that decision, it isn't me, it's God. I'm going to leave that up to him."
insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Pastor-Huckabee-takes-the-pulpit.html&Itemid=127

Hull, Gary

"After the massacre on September 11, our government has a moral obligation to wage a full-scale war on all terrorist countries, such as Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan. ... When a barbarian or a dictatorship uses force–as opposed to persuasion and voluntary cooperation–to achieve their ends, they forfeit their right to live. ... To protect the lives of Americans and the future of Western civilization, our government is morally obligated to use the power of our military, including nuclear weapons, until those governments and their terrorist nests are eradicated. That is the righteous use of force. Anything less–any hint of pacifism or of concern for 'innocents' or of a 'measured response'–is an immoral capitulation to savagery." – "Our Government Has a Moral Obligation to Declare War", Sept 18 2001
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Hunter, Duncan L

"I remember, when I was on the select committee on narcotics, everybody who was a heroin addict had first been a marijuana addict, and I would be very careful about pulling back from the outlawing of marijuana. I know many have advocated it, and I've seen the people who weigh 65 pounds as they die, totally addicted to heroin, who started on marijuana. So my answer is, I would not legalize marijuana." – Manchester NH, June 5 2007
cannabisculture.com/articles/5101.html

 
Kelley, Kitty

"I remember Alfred [S Bloomindale] coming into the office one Monday morning and laughing his head off about a small dinner party the Bloomingdale's had given on Saturday night. The Reagan's were there, the Bloomingdale's, the Jack Benny's, and the George Burnses, I think; I forget who else was there. Anyway, they were all sitting around the dining room table eating Betsey's famous peach ice cream for dessert and talking about drugs and the problems with kids on the college campuses. Someone said, 'What's the big deal with this marijuana stuff, anyway? What the hell is it?' Nobody knew anything about it, except what they had read or heard from their children. So Alfred went upstairs and got a joint that he had bought that afternoon from a hooker. He took it down to them, lit it and passed it around so everyone could take a few toots. Within five minutes they all started giggling but claimed they didn't feel a thing and said they couldn't see what the big deal was. Alfred said it was so funny to watch Jack Benny and then the Governor [Ronald Wilson Reagan] and his wife [Nancy Reagan] smoking pot. He laughed like hell every time he talked about it." – from her book Nancy Reagan – An Unauthorized Biography, pg 176

Kennedy, Edward Moore

"The President [George Walker Bush] has said that American lives will be sacrificed if Congress does not change FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]. But he has also said that he will veto any FISA bill that does not grant retroactive immunity. No immunity, no FISA bill. So if we take the President at his word, he's willing to let Americans die to protect the phone companies."
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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald

"The United States has a special relationship with Israel in the Middle East really comparable only to what it has with Britain over a wide range of world affairs." – Dec 27 1962

Kerry, John Forbes

"Israel’s security fence is a legitimate act of self defense." – Feb 25 2994
nationalreview.com/kerry/kerry200407091743.asp
 
"I know how disheartened Palestinians are by the Israeli government's decision to build a barrier off the green line, cutting deeply into Palestinian areas. We don't need another barrier to peace. Provocative and counterproductive measures only harm Israelis' security over the long term, increase the hardships to the Palestinian people, and make the process of negotiating an eventual settlement that much harder." – Oct 17 2003
nationalreview.com/kerry/kerry200407091743.asp, noble.cbnoble.com/archives/001129.html

Kissinger, Heinz Alfred (Henry)

"It is an act of insanity and national humiliation to have a law prohibiting the President from ordering assassination." – National Security Council meeting (with US Pres Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr), 1975, from Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby by John Prados
zpub.com/un/wanted-hkiss.html
 
"The illegal we can do right now; the unconstitutional will take a little longer."

 
Limbaugh, Rush Hundson

"The FDA says there's no – zilch, zero, nada – shred of medicinal value to the evil weed, marijuana. This is going to be a setback to the long-haired, maggot-infested, dope-smoking crowd." – Apr 2006
stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/434/limbaugh.shtml

"Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up. ... What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use, too many whites are getting away with drug sales, too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too. ... It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light sentence for another crime, and what we ought to do is reduce the heavy sentence so it's more in line with the other. Wrong. In most cases we ought to increase the light sentence and make it compatible with the heavy sentence, and be serious about punishment because we are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in too many parts of the country." – Rush Limbaugh Show, Oct 5 1995
takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html, sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/10/1652834_comment.php

 
Marchetti. Victor

"The CIA is a master at distorting history – even creating its own version of history to suit its institutional and operational purposes. It can do this largely because of two great advantages it possesses. One is the excessively secret environment in which it operates, and the other is that it is essentially a private instrument of the presidency. The real reason for the official secrecy, in most instances, is not to keep the opposition (the CIA's euphemistic term for the enemy) from knowing what is going on; the enemy usually does know. The basic reason for governmental secrecy is to keep you, the American public, from knowing – for you, too, are considered the opposition, or enemy – so that you cannot interfere. When the public does not know what the government or the CIA is doing, it cannot voice its approval or disapproval of their actions. In fact, they can even lie to your about what they are doing or have done, and you will not know it. As for the second advantage, despite frequent suggestion that the CIA is a rogue elephant, the truth is that the agency functions at the direction of and in response to the office of the president. All of its major clandestine operations are carried out with the direct approval of or on direct orders from the White House. The CIA is a secret tool of the president – every president. And every president since Truman has lied to the American people in order to protect the agency. When lies have failed, it has been the duty of the CIA to take the blame for the president, thus protecting him. This is known in the business as "plausible denial." The CIA, functioning as a secret instrument of the U.S. government and the presidency, has long misused and abused history and continues to do so." –  "Propaganda and Disinformation: How the CIA Manufactures History", Ninth International Revisionist Conference, reprinted from The Journal of Historical Review, vol 9, no 3, pgs 305-320, 1989

McCaffrey, Barry

"You're entitled to your own opinion … You're not entitled to your own facts." – response to NM Gov Gary E Johnson on NBC's Meet the Press, Apr 29 2001
420times.com/forums/worldwide-cannabis-news/4659-johnsons-facts-drug-war-attacked.html
 
"Hemp is not economically feasible in the United States … it doesn't even hold a crease." – 1988

McCain, John Sidney, III

"I believe that marijuana is a gateway drug. That is my view and that's the view of the federal drug czar and other experts, although that is also a debatable question. I think that there is much more effective ways of relieving pain and suffering than the use of marijuana, and so therefore I view it as something that I do not support. It's interesting to me how this issue comes up at every town hall meeting. ... I'll be glad to get your statistics, but my position is I do not support the use of marijuana for medical purposes." – Milton NH, Aug 11 2007
cannabisculture.com/articles/5101.html

"I chose to compromise my principles. I broke my promise to always tell the truth. ... The Confederacy was on the wrong side of American history. That, my friends, is how I personally feel about the Confederate battle flag. That is the honest answer I never gave to a fair question." – 2000
 
"I can't support the legalization of marijuana. Scientific evidence indicates that the moment it enters your body, one, it does damage, and second, it can become addictive. It is a gateway drug."

Mussolini, Benito

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power."

 
Obama, Barack Hussein  freedom quote

"I did. It's not something I'm proud of."

"Junkie. Pothead. That's where I'd been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man. ... I got high [to] push questions of who I was out of my mind."

 
Peikoff, Leonard

"Truman and Eisenhower surrendered the West's property rights in oil, although that oil rightfully belonged to those in the West whose science, technology, and capital made its discovery and use possible. The first country to nationalize Western oil, in 1951, was Iran. ... A proper war in self-defense is one fought without self-crippling restrictions placed on our commanders in the field. It must be fought with the most effective weapons we possess (a few weeks ago, Rumsfeld refused, correctly, to rule out nuclear weapons). And it must be fought in a manner that secures victory as quickly as possible and with the fewest U.S. casualties, regardless of the countless innocents caught in the line of fire. These innocents suffer and die because of the action of their own government in sponsoring the initiation of force against America. Their fate, therefore, is their government's moral responsibility. There is no way for our bullets to be aimed only at evil men. ... Eliminating Iran's terrorist sanctuaries and military capability is not enough. We must do the equivalent of de-Nazifying the country, by expelling every official and bringing down every branch of its government. This goal cannot be achieved painlessly, by weaponry alone. It requires invasion by ground troops, who will be at serious risk, and perhaps a period of occupation. ... Bush ... must send our missiles and troops, in force, where they belong. ... The choice today is mass death in the United States or mass death in the terrorist nations. Our Commander-In-Chief must decide whether it is his duty to save Americans or the governments who conspire to kill them." – "End States That Sponsor Terrorism", Oct 2 2001
capmag.com/article.asp?id=2635

 
Rangel, Charles

"The draft is a deterrent to war." – June 21 2005

Reagan, Ronald Wilson  freedom quotes

"The First Amendment doesn't say anything about that [prayer in schools]." – Oct 17 1981
 
"Can we abandon this country [South Africa] that has stood beside us in every war we've fought?" – New Republic, May 2 1981
 
"If we are going to do such a thing to the Soviet Union as a full grain embargo, which I support, first we have to be sure our own allies would join us on this." – Jan 8 1980, Claremont Eagle Times, pub Jan 9 1980

Rockefeller, John Davison

"Competition is a sin."
 
"I want to own nothing and control everything."
 
"Individualism has gone, never to return."

Romney, Willard Mitt  freedom quote

"I have spoken with doctors and researchers, and the medical marijuana effort is an effort to try and legalize marijuana in this country, and it's a mistake in my opinion to go in the direction of opening up the nation to medical marijuana. The scourge of drugs has a huge cost on our society and our children. I am not in favor of medical marijuana. Other pain relievers are available in this country and I support the use of those other pain relievers. And synthetic marijuana, with the elements that are essential, is available." – Aug 25 2007
cannabisculture.com/articles/5101.html

"... you hear that story: People who are sick need medicinal marijuana. But, marijuana is the entry drug for people trying to get kids hooked on drugs. I don't want medicinal marijuana. There are synthetic forms of marijuana that available for people who need it for prescription. Don't open the doorway for medicinal marijuana." – "Ask Mitt Anything" event, Bedford NH, July 25 2007
reason.com/blog/show/121798.html, sendtherightmessage.com/romneys_drug_war_answers_defy_reason

"I don't want marijuana to be used in our country. I'm not going to legalize marijuana. I'm not talking about arresting sick and dying people, but I am talking about keeping marijuana from being a product on the street and being misused. The drug czar of our nation says it is the gateway drug for people becoming involved with drugs and drugs are a scourge of this country." – Laconia NH, May 29 2007
cannabisculture.com/articles/5101.html
 
"How many individuals are coming to our state and going to those institutions who have come from terrorist-sponsored states? ... Do we know where they are? Are we tracking them? ... How about people who are in settings – mosques, for example – that may be teaching doctrines of hate and terror? Are we monitoring that? Are we wiretapping? Are we following what's going on?" – Sept 14 2005

Rubin, Michael

"If a single bullet or bomb could forestall a far bloodier application of force, would it not be irresponsible to fail to consider that option–especially when the leaders of both Iran and North Korea threaten to use nuclear weapons and call for the destruction of both regional democracies and the United States?" – "An Arrow in Our Quiver: Why the U.S. Government Should Consider Assassination [of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]", National Review, Aug 28 2006
rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1345.html

"The cost of any military strike on Iran would be high, although not as high as the cost of the Islamic Republic gaining nuclear weapons." – Interview, "Why Not Talk?", Time, May 22 2006
rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1345.html

"While [Yale Prof Juan] Cole condemns anti-Semitism, he accuses prominent Jewish-American officials of having dual loyalties, a frequent anti-Semitic refrain. That he accuses Jewish Americans of using 'the Pentagon as Israel's Gurkha regiment' is unfortunate" – Yale Daily News, Apr 18 2006
rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1345.html

"If neocons were agents of Likud, they would have advocated an invasion not of Iraq or Afghanistan but of Iran, which Israel considers to be the biggest threat to its security." – from "You Must be Likud!", National Review Online, May 2004
rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1345.html

 
Schwarzenegger, Arnold Alois

"Look at the contribution that people like Henry Kissinger have made ..." – Statement supporting a constitutional amendment to allow immigrants to become US President, Feb 23 2006
 
"It doesn't make any sense to go through details here with you. What is important is that I cannot remember what was happening 20 years ago and 15 years ago. But some of the things sound like me." – Statement regarding allegations he groped women, Oct 6 2003
 
"I cannot remember any of these. All I can tell you is that I despise everything Hitler stood for. I despise everything the Nazis stood for ... everything the Third Reich stood for." – Response to ABC News about his 1975 quote from an unpublished book proposal, Oct 4 2003
 
"My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave." – Interview, US News & World Report, 1990
 
"I was always dreaming about very powerful people – dictators and things like that." – Pumping Iron video documentary, 1977
 
"I didn't think about money. I thought about the fame, about just being the greatest. I was dreaming about being some dictator of a country or some savior like Jesus ..." – "The Hero of Perfected Mass", Rolling Stone, 1976
 
"I admired [Adolph] Hitler for instance because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. And I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for his way of getting to the people and so on. [Schwarzenegger wishes he could experience being] like Hitler in the Nuremberg stadium and have all those people scream at you and just being total agreement whatever you say." – From an unpublished book proposal, 1975
 
"I did smoke a joint and I did inhale. The bottom line is that's what it was in the 70's, that's what I did."

"My friends don't want me to mention Kurt [Waldheim]'s name, because of all the recent Nazi stuff and the U.N. controversy, but I love him and Maria does too, and so thank you, Kurt."

"I wanted to be part of the small percentage of people who were leaders, not the large mass of followers. I think it is because I saw leaders use 100 per cent of their potential.... I was always fascinated by people in control of other people."

 
Tancredo, Thomas G  freedom quote

"[T]erm limits were a bad idea. There are certain issues you cannot do effectively [if you observe term limits.] For better or worse, I am the most highly visible member of Congress on the issue of immigration." – letter sent to supporters, 2002

"You can characterize it as breaking a pledge. ... I believe I'm doing the honorable thing [breaking his pledge] by telling [supporters] exactly how I feel and what has happened to me over time. I do put it in God's hands and I say, 'Lord, I hope I'm doing what you want.' " – Rocky Mountain News, Sept 26 2002

"For me, the issue of giving one's word and promising to do something like this is more important than the rest of it. ... The overriding motivation for me today to adhere to the term limits pledge is that I made a pledge. ... I took the pledge. I will live up to the pledge. That's it. That's the overriding issue." – interview with Rocky Mountain News, 2001

"We want to reinvigorate the electoral process by introducing people into the system who think of government service as a temporary endeavor, not as a career." – Associated Press, Aug 2 1994

Tandy, Karen

"Today's arrest of Mark [sic] Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and the founder of a marijuana legalization group, is a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. and Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization movement. Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Emery's illicit profits are known to have been channeled to marijuana legalization groups active in the United States and Canada. Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of money to rely on."

Thompson, Fred Dalton

"You know, there are federal laws involved and there's federalism issues also involved. It depends on a lot of different circumstances, and I just can't give you a definitive answer to that right now." – Response to inquiry into Thompson's position on federal raids of medicianl cannabis clubs, Stratham NH, Sept 8 2007
granitestaters.com/candidates

 
Wolfowitz, Paul Dundes

"I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq." – July 21 2003

"For bureaucratic reasons we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction, because it was the one reason everyone could agree on." – May 30 2003

Woolsey, R James, Jr

"If you grow low THC hemp in the vicinity of higher THC hemp, the low will pollinate any higher strain hemp plant and the seeds will be half as strong. So if we wanted to get rid of the higher strain, we would just keep doing that." – Apr 1 2006

"There is no bigger enemy of marijuana than industrial hemp. But, the United States in its wisdom has banned all hemp – I suppose to enhance the production of marijuana." – Apr 1 2006