Raising Hell: Can I Count On Your Vote?
"Vote early and often," - John Van Buren, New York lawyer and politician, 1848.
Newsletter
A collection of 122 issues
Raising Hell: The Future Is Now
“We don't want any of that sort of thing up here," - Joh Bjelke-Peterson, longest serving Queensland Premier, on condoms, as per Sydney Morning Herald.
Raising Hell: Issue 93: The 24 Hour News Cycle Never Sleeps. Neither Do I, Apparently
"Money is like manure. If you spread it around, it does a lot of good, but if you pile it up in one place, it stinks like hell," - Clint Murchison Jr, son of Texan oil baron, a'la Francis Bacon
Raising Hell: Issue 92: A World To Win
"When an absolute decision is obtained the system of the victors — whoever they are — will probably be adopted to a very great extent by the vanquished." - Winston Churchill, 9 July 1916.
Raising Hell: Issue 91: A Can of Tuna In The Mud
"I haven't found anybody in seven and a half years shake their fist at me and say 'Howard I'm angry with you for letting the value of my house increase,'" - John Howard, former PM, 19 Sept 2003
Raising Hell: Issue 90: It's called 'f*ck you money'
"Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time," - Mike Tyson, 19 August 1987
Raising Hell: Issue 89: On Climate Change As A Class Issue
"I'm a warrior for the middle class!" - former US president Barack Obama, on the campaign trail in Ohio, 22 September 2011.
Raising Hell: Issue 88: 'Expressing Concern About How Those Customers Would Feel'
"I will simply not do penance." - Text handwritten by Adolf Eichmann in 1956, as quoted in Eichmann Before Jerusalem by Bettina Stangneth (2015).
Raising Hell: Issue 87: 'Within Scope'
'Pinching $50,000 from a son of a bitch is not theft, it's a good deed.' - Fidel Castro, responding to criticism after having taken money from Francisco Prío, lawyer and CIA asset
Raising Hell: Issue 86: Here's a little gas-fired fantasy
'[...]More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.' - Primo Levi, 17 February 1986