It's A Quote

[A. Secular Human]

Classic Newhart! LOL.

He will be missed.

[Silver]

BG3 Blue Jay: "Eagles are pricks."

[Fake Messiah]

Theophil Wurm, Bishop of Wurttemberg, in a January 1949 letter to lay church members meeting to formulate a declaration about the Holocaust:

"Can anyone in Germany speak about the Jewish question without mentioning how Jewish literature sinned against the German people through its mockery of all that is holy, since the days of Heinrich Heine? Or of the suffering endured in numerous regions by German farmers at the hands of Jewish money-lenders? And if one wants today to speak out against antisemitism, can one remain silent on the misfortune caused by the Occupying Forces, who have given power to emigre Jews, so that they might give expression to their understandable feelings of rage?"

[Ivan Denisovich]

Theophil Wurm, Bishop of Wurttemberg, in a January 1949 letter to lay church members meeting to formulate a declaration about the Holocaust:

"Can anyone in Germany speak about the Jewish question without mentioning how Jewish literature sinned against the German people through its mockery of all that is holy, since the days of Heinrich Heine? Or of the suffering endured in numerous regions by German farmers at the hands of Jewish money-lenders? And if one wants today to speak out against antisemitism, can one remain silent on the misfortune caused by the Occupying Forces, who have given power to emigre Jews, so that they might give expression to their understandable feelings of rage?"

No surprises there, nazi actions against Jews were taken straight from church playbook:

- Synod of Elvira prohibited marriages between Jews and christians, nazis did the same ( Law for Protection of German Blood and German Honor, 1935)
- Synod of Clermont prohibited Jews from holding public offices, nazis did the same ( Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, 1933)
- Fourth Council of Lateran ordered Jews (and Muslims) to wear special clothes, nazis did the same (decree from 1. IX. 1941)
- Synod in Wrocław ordered Jews to live in ghettos, nazis did the same (Heydrich order from 21.IX.1939)
[Examples taken from Raul Hilberg, The Destruction of European Jews, volume I, p. 7-9 of polish 2014 edition]

Expecting that this thoroughly immoral and corrupt organization will show even smallest hint of decency is foolish.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

'I do understand that they're upset. It makes sense. So how about we do this. Out of fairness. I'm a fair person. You can replace your old guy, too.' - Jon Stewart, responding to Republican claims that replacing Biden on the ticket amounted to a coup.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

‘I love my black job.’ - Simone Biles

Boru

[Ivan Denisovich]

There is a much that a man should not see, should not know, and if he should see it, it is better for him to die - Varlam Shalamov.

[Fake Messiah]

Preparations for the slaughter of human beings have always been made in the name of God or of some alleged higher being which mankind has, in its imaginativeness, devised and created. Before the ancient Phoenicians cut a captive's throat, they performed religious ceremonies with just the same magnificence as did the new generations a few thousand years later before they marched into battle and destroyed their enemies with fire and sword.

Before the Holy Inquisition burned its victims, the most magnificent religious ceremonies were held—high mass with choral accompaniments.

When criminals are hanged, priests always officiate, annoying the malefactors by their presence.

The shambles of the World War would have been incomplete without the blessings of the clergy. The chaplains of all armies prayed and celebrated mass for the victory of the side whose bread they ate.
Throughout Europe, men went to the shambles like cattle, whither they were driven by butchers, who included not only emperors, kings and other potentates, but also priests of all denominations. Mass at the front was always held twice. I remember that on one such occasion, while mass was being celebrated, an enemy aeroplane dropped a bomb right on top of the altar and nothing was left of the Chaplain but a few bloodstained rags.
Afterward he was mentioned in dispatches as a martyr, while our aeroplanes were preparing similar glory for the Chaplain on the other side.

- Jaroslav Hašek

[The Valkyrie]

"It's better to have one and not need it, than to not have one and need it - like a flamethrower."

[Ravenshire]

"It's so fun that the democratic ticket is now running a persecutor and a teacher against a felon and a fucking idiot."

~ comedian Steve Hofstetter