Erlend Reigstad » Quotes http://www.erlendreigstad.net Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:06:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 On Truthfulness http://www.erlendreigstad.net/2009/02/15/on-thruthfulness/ http://www.erlendreigstad.net/2009/02/15/on-thruthfulness/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:36:39 +0000 Erlend Reigstad http://www.erlendreigstad.net/2009/02/15/on-thruthfulness/

One is reminded of the story of the Italian anarchist who on trying in immigrate in the 1920s when asked to answer the question:

“Do you advocate the overthrow of United States by force or violence?”

Circled “force”.

Comment from “Joe Smith” on the Freakonomics-blog

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You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

Jeannette Rankin (1880 – 1973)

(From www.quotationspage.com)

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Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)

and

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.

Robert Copeland

(Both from www.quotationspage.com)

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I think it would be a good idea. 

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of Western civilization.

(From www.quotationspage.com)

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