Raising Hell: Issue 52: Politicians Hate Me Because Of This One Simple Trick!
"When you’re not winning, you’re losing," - John McCain, US Republican Senator on Afghanistan, 9 July 2017.
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Raising Hell: Issue 51: Sh*tshow
"I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating" - William "Boss" Tweed, July 1875, corrupt head of New York political machine Tammany Hall.
Raising Hell: Issue 50: Loose Lips Sink Ships
"We are not immune to the fact that one day we have a scoundrel among us. If I knew that now, he would no longer be alive tomorrow. Short process. Because I'm a humanist." - Erich Mielke, Stasi Chief
Raising Hell: Issue 49: Objection, My Learned Friends
"During peace time a scientist belongs to the World, but during war time he belongs to his country." - Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel prize winner and pioneer of chemical warfare.
Raising Hell: Issue 48: Experiences May Vary
"Since the Freedom of Information Act, I'm afraid to say things like that." - Henry Kissinger, 10 March 1975 about his joke: "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer"
Raising Hell: Issue 47: A Word To The Wise
"Early to bed, Early to rise, Work like hell — And advertise!" - As quoted in The National Provisioner, Vol 44, June 1911.
Raising Hell: Issue 46: Doomscrolling At The End Of The World
"Welcome to hell" - message by Chechen fighters heard on Russian radios during the First Battle of Grosny moments before the 131st Separate Motor Rifle Brigade was wiped out.
Raising Hell: Issue 45: Of Crocodiles, Ukes And Golden Cubes
"In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city - except for bombing," - Assar Lindbeck, economist on rent control, May 2019
Raising Hell: Issue 44: Cashing Out
"We were wrong, terribly wrong, and we owe it to future generations to explain why." - Robert McNamara, architect of the Vietnam war, 1995.
Raising Hell: Issue 43: Meet 2022, Same As The Old 2021
“They are having a revolution. We have to get my polo ponies out.” - Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican, diplomat, playboy, suspected assassin and alleged rapist responding to the Cuban revolution.