Quotes About Controversy

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . . . is his natural and normal condition.

Israel means war and destruction and we Americans are behind this war and I am ashamed of being American.

We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square.

You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently.

I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it.

Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy's war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war.

Now that Obama is at war in a 3rd country, does that mean he has to give back his Nobel Peace Prize?

Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.

Why isn't it hip-hop when I do it? Everybody else can have beef within the music, talk about differences and it's ok. It's music, it's hip-hop, it's ground breaking. When I do it, it's war.

We are proud to say we are racist and hate to see Whites fighting each other. I oppose the Wars.

It is impossible to tell whether prohibition is a good thing or a bad thing. It has never been enforced in this country.

Organized religion is good for wars, battles, pissin' and moanin' and not much else.

The war on Christmas. This is the most ridiculous right wing talking point I have ever lived through.The idea is that liberals want to get rid of Christmas.

Robert A. Heinlein has been an idol to me for more than 20 years. He can do no wrong, no matter how much he loves wars and hates pacifists.

I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.

Mr. Stevenson has a degree alright-a PhD from the Acheson College of Cowardly Communist Containment.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war -for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.

Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal.

He sounds like Jesus. Except rich and sexy." "Watch it, Meg. In this town joking about Jesus could get you shot. You've never seen so many of the faithful who're armed.

The story belonged to Christine Jorgensen, the first sex-change celebrity.

From a twenty-first-century perspective, it is clear that the golden age of freethought, which stretched roughly from 1875 until the beginning of the First World War, divided Americans in much the same fashion, and over many of the same issues, as the culture wars of the past three decades.

killing disabled people in the name of mercy.