Posted: 5/16/2010 2:20:58 PM EDT
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I'm writing a speech about three quotes, and I can't decide between these two as the last ones. Both are by Reagan.
"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other." "Politics is supposed to the be second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." I'm kind of leaning towards the second one, but I'm not sure. Your opinion? I'm not adding a poll, I'd like some constructive advice/words. |
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I like the second one. What were the first two that you picked? First is "America is the land of the common man. It is the land where man is free to develop his genius - and to get it's rewards." - Ayn Rand Second is "25 states allow anyone to buy a guy, strap it on, and walk down the street with no permit of any kind: some say it's crazy. However, 4 out of 5 US murders are committed in the other half of the country: so who is crazy?" - Andrew Ford |
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Both have merits.
However if you want to stand out in the crowd then the second one will be the better one. Taking something with such clear connotations and with such provoking insinuations, and buidling a balanced, unbiased disection of the inadequacies of the modern political system (corruption, self-serving politicians, unethical business dealings, payouts from lobbyists etc while in an office of public service). You could draw the analogy (and irony) between the whore who sells herself and is criminalised for providing physical satisfaction by the politicians and church, and the political and religious obsession with extracting money and power from the people they claim to serve without actually providing anything other than an abstract concept of wellbeing. Margaret Thatcher made the following statement: "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money [to spend]." That quote would provide an immensly rich topic of discussion 
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