November 2

November 2 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * We’d all like t’vote fer th’best man, but he’s never a candidate. ~ Kin Hubbard
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? ~ Marie Antoinette (born 2 November 1755)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * It is quite certain that in seeing the people who treat us so well despite their own misfortune, we are more obliged than ever to work hard for their happiness. ~ Marie Antoinette
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * By the theory of our Government majorities rule, but this right is not an arbitrary or unlimited one. It is a right to be exercised in subordination to the Constitution and in conformity to it. One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression. ~ James K. Polk (born 2 November 1795)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * You know, "power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"? It's the same with powerlessness. Absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. Einstein said everything had changed since the atom was split, except the way we think. We have to think anew. ~ Studs Terkel (recent death)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * Hunting hawks do not belong in cages, no matter how much a man covets their grace, no matter how golden the bars. They are far more beautiful soaring free. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * Being desirous of allaying the dissensions of party strife now existing within our realm, I do hereby dissolve and abolish the Democratic and Republican parties, and also do hereby decree the disfranchisement and imprisonment, for not more than 10, nor less than five, years, to all persons leading to any violation of this our imperial decree. ~ Joshua A. Norton (US Election Day 2010)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, or a scientist, or an artist, or an independent business creator. In the service of their goals they lay down time and energy and many other choices and pleasures; in return, they become most truly themselves. A false destiny may be spotted by the fact that it consumes without transforming, without giving back the enlarged self. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


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 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


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 * 2016


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 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki — in regard to Grellet's date of birth, and All Soul's Day.


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. ~ Arthur Balfour, in a letter sent that day.
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 10:18, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 0 Zarbon 17:15, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

I put on my rouge and wash my hands in front of the whole world! ~ Marie Antoinette (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 16:11, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 18:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 17:15, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates, and this makes my duties very great. ~ James K. Polk
 * 3 because if you want something done, it's best to do it yourself. Zarbon 04:04, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long. ~ Marie Antoinette (born November 2)
 * 3 because this is a brilliant quote. To die quickly and save oneself the trouble of suffering. Damn brilliant. Zarbon 01:21, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again. ~ Stephen Grellet
 * 3 Zarbon 03:59, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * This was already used on 29 January 2004 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights! ~ Warren G. Harding
 * 3 Zarbon 03:59, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Zarbon 04:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Those who do not know their history are doomed to keep stepping in it. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Zarbon 04:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Zarbon 04:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long they stand around chatting before they shoot you. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Zarbon 04:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

If it ever came down to exerting power by force, it would mean I'd already lost it. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 2 Zarbon 04:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Leadership is mostly a power over imagination, and never more so than in combat. The bravest man alone can only be an armed lunatic. The real strength lies in the ability to get others to do your work. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Zarbon 04:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Antiquary 21:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

No general method for the solution of questions in the theory of probabilities can be established which does not explicitly recognize, not only the special numerical bases of the science, but also those universal laws of thought which are the basis of all reasoning, and which, whatever they may be as to their essence, are at least mathematical as to their form. ~ George Boole
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it. Always be a moving target. Live. Live. Live. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 4 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

A hundred objective measurements didn't sum the worth of a garden; only the delight of its users did that. Only the use made it mean something. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

We don't just march on the future, we charge it. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

The gods’ most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers, you know. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
 * 3 Kalki 23:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon (talk) 04:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)