November 4

November 4 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US. ~ CATS of Zero Wing
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * After looking at mothers-in-law and seeing sons-in-law — I always felt that the jokes were on the wrong ones. No sir, you can look through everything I ever did write or say, and you never did hear me tell a joke about any mother-in-law — or any creed, color or religion, either. ~ Will Rogers (born 4 November 1879)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. ~ William Styron (recent death)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. ~ Will Rogers
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. ~ Will Rogers (date of birth + US election day 2008)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful. ~ Wilfred Owen (died 4 November 1918)
 * proposed by Antiquary


 * 2010
 * People often ask me, "Will, where do you get your jokes?" I just tell 'em, 'Well, I watch the government and report the facts, that is all I do, and I don't even find it necessary to exaggerate. ~ Will Rogers
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Oh, Death was never enemy of ours! We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum. No soldier's paid to kick against His powers. We laughed, — knowing that better men would come, And greater wars: when each proud fighter brags He wars on Death, for lives; not men, for flags. ~ Wilfred Owen (90th anniversary of death)
 * proposed by Antiquary


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki for the US opening date of the film based upon the character.


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 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
Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame. ~ Charles Churchill (date of death)
 * 3 Zarbon 03:12, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:26, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:04, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still. ~ Charles Churchill (date of death)
 * 3 Zarbon 03:12, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:26, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:04, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

AIDS respects no national boundaries; spares no race or religion; devastates men and women, rich and poor. No country can ignore this crisis. Fighting AIDS is an urgent calling — because every life, in every land, has value and dignity. ~ Laura Welch Bush
 * 2 Zarbon 03:12, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 04:26, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:04, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone. ~ Laura Welch Bush
 * 2 Zarbon 03:12, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 04:26, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. InvisibleSun 23:04, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Ours will neither be a perfect world, nor a world without disagreement and occasional violence. But it will be a world where the overwhelming majority of national leaders will consistently abide by the rule of world law, and those who won't will be dealt with effectively and with due process by the structures of that same world law. We will never have a city without crime, but we would never want to live in a city that had no system of law to deal with the criminals who will always be with us. ~ Walter Cronkite
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:31, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

We can draw on the wisdom of the framers of the US Constitution in 1787. The differences among the American states then were as bitter as differences among the nation-states in the world today. In their almost miraculous insight, the founders of our country invented "federalism," a concept that is rooted in the rights of the individual. Our federal system guarantees a maximum of freedom but provides it in a framework of law and justice. Our forefathers believed that the closer the laws are to the people, the better. Cities legislate on local matters; states make decisions on matters within their borders; and the national government deals with issues that transcend the states, such as interstate commerce and foreign relations. That is federalism. Today we must develop federal structures on a global level. We need a system of enforceable world law — a democratic federal world government — to deal with world problems. ~ Walter Cronkite
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:31, 30 October 2011 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:59, 3 November 2020 (UTC)