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SgtMunro
Soldier of the King
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 Posted - October 25 2002 : 01:16:05 AM
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"A man who is not a liberal by the time he is twenty, has no heart. A man who is not conservative by the time he is thirty, has no brain."
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Sgt. Duncan Munro
Capt. Graham's Coy
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"Nemo Me Impune Lacessit"
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Anthony
Deerslayer
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Posted - October 25 2002 : 11:04:54 AM
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Thats such a uncalled for an 'Insulting' thought to many we all thought here @ my sisters....not a GOOD thought 4 the day @ ALL! ........................anth
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wpmacleod
Lost in the Wilderness
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Posted - October 25 2002 : 12:02:57 PM
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Soo.... Anth, what d'you REALLY think of it?
I don't find it insulting -- unless observed phenomena can be called so.
B.
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SgtMunro
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Posted - October 25 2002 : 1:02:20 PM
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Anthony,
That quote was from Winston Churchill, and he was describing the changes in his view which had occured throughout his life. I put down 'author unknown' when I do not have specific bibliographical information (ie. date, published work quote was found within, etc.), or when I have reason to believe that two 'notables' have used the same quote and I am unable to ascertain who 'coined' it (not to do so would make me intellectually bankrupt). I hope the addresses your concerns.
Your Humble Servant,
Sgt. Duncan Munro
Capt. Graham's Coy
1/42nd Royal Highlanders
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Scott Bubar
Colonial Militia
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Posted - October 26 2002 : 01:31:17 AM
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Yes there are many variants.
Usually when attributed to Churchhill, the ages are twenty and forty, and it often reads head rather than brain.
I've also seen radical at 20, liberal at 30, conservative at 40.
I've seen it attributed to Disraeli and George Bernard Shaw.
I *think* Robert Frost said "I didn't become a radical at twenty for rear I would become a conservative at 40."
For some reason I link it in my own mind with Victor Hugo, but not sure why.
A gentleman from the last century who has a square named after him in Israel, but whose name escapes me, said something like "throw bombs at 20, conservative at 40". A major bombing took place in his square a few years ago.
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richfed
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Posted - October 26 2002 : 07:13:27 AM
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| I'm living proof of the validity of this statement ... though we might need to tinker with the ages ... maybe 40 and 50 will do! |
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SgtMunro
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Posted - October 29 2002 : 08:10:27 AM
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Thank God, I am not the only person who has read/heard this quote, within Mohicanland.
Sgt. Duncan Munro
Capt. Graham's Coy
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