History Quiz

[padisha emperor]

Pierre Bayle

 

[Said1]

Pierre Bayle

Dang, you got it first. Toi turn.

 

[padisha emperor]

Dang, you got it first. Toi turn.

go on, Said

 

[Said1]

go on, Said

What famous political thinker said this: "No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." An easy one.

 

[Annie]

What famous political thinker said this: "No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." An easy one.

Edmund Burke. I like quotes, do another.

 

[Said1]

Edmund Burke. I like quotes, do another.

Tres Bein! I love Burke.

Ok here's another, my old sig at another board: "A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."

 

[Annie]

Tres Bein! I love Burke.

Ok here's another, my old sig at another board: "A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."

Now don't go speaking gibberish to me. I've heard this one, gotta think a bit. Maybe PE or Viking will get it first... thinking real hard...

 

[USViking]

Tres Bein! I love Burke.

Ok here's another, my old sig at another board: "A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."

Now don't go speaking gibberish to me. I've heard this one, gotta think a bit. Maybe PE or Viking will get it first... thinking real hard...

Thanks for suggesting I might know this;
however, although I also enjoy quotes,
I'm not too good at them, and someone
will have to answer here.

 

[Said1]

Go ahead and google if no one answers soon.

 

[Annie]

Go ahead and google if no one answers soon.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
John Stuart Mill

 

[Said1]

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
John Stuart Mill

Yep. Go ahead, or would you like another quote?

 

[Annie]

Yep. Go ahead, or would you like another quote?

I should have known that. Another quote? Yes, please.

 

[Said1]

I should have known that. Another quote? Yes, please.

'Where there is no property there is no injustice. '

 

[Annie]

'Where there is no property there is no injustice. '

Weird, I could guess either Rousseau or Marx.

 

[Said1]

Weird, I could guess either Rousseau or Marx.

Close. Think of man's inalienable rights........

 

[Annie]

Close. Think of man's inalienable rights........

Locke.

 

[Said1]

Locke.

Yep!!

 

[Annie]

Yep!!

Ok, I'll go dig one up for you!

 

[Said1]

Ok, I'll go dig one up for you!

 

[Annie]

Who said this about your country:

There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada with its verile, aspiring, cultured, and generous-hearted people.