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Ali Khamenei

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای; born 17 July 1939) is the second and current Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously President of Iran from 1981 to 1989.

1990s

 * [There is only one possible solution to unrest in the Middle East], "namely the annihilation and destruction of the Zionist state."
 * December 31, 1999 speech on Qods Day, as quoted in "Iranian leader urges destruction of Israel", The Spokesman-Review (January 1, 2000)

2000

 * Today the world has far more potential than in the past to understand the message of the Holy Prophet (s.w.a). The more human knowledge increases, the more likely it becomes that the message of Islam will gain ground. The more powerful people in different parts of the world use brutal tools in order to suppress human feelings and to bring them under their yoke, the more the ground will be prepared for identifying the light of Islam and the more thirsty human beings will become for Islam. Today we see the signs of this thirst for the message of Islam, which is the message of monotheism, the message of spirituality, the message of justice, the message of human dignity. Human beings are enthusiastic about the message of Islam.
 * "Supreme Leader's Speech in a Meeting with Officials and Ambassadors of Islamic Countries", Khamenei.ir (October 25, 2000)

 * Iran's stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region… No one will allow a bunch of thugs, lechers and outcasts from London, America and Moscow to rule over the Palestinians.
 * "Iran leader urges destruction of 'cancerous' Israel", CNN (December 15, 2000)

2001

 * Furthermore, all the Western politicians, intellectuals and journalists are obliged to pay homage and bow to the monument that commemorates those allegedly killed in the Nazi concentration camps. In other words, all should acknowledge the veracity of something that has not been proven! This is also one of the propaganda means being applied by the Zionists to portray themselves as the victims of persecution!
 * "Leader's Statements in a Meeting with Participants in IWMC", Khamenei.ir (January 31, 2002)

 * It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region.
 * January 15, 2001 remarks at a meeting with organizers of the International Conference for Support of the Intifada, as quoted in "The Iranian Leadership’s Continuing Declarations of Intent to Destroy Israel", Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (2012)

 * There are documents showing close collaboration of the Zionists with the Nazi Germany, and exaggerated numbers relating to the Jewish holocaust were fabricated to solicit sympathy of the world public opinion, lay the ground for the occupation of Palestine and to justify the atrocities of the Zionists. There is even evidence on hand that a large number of non-Jewish hooligans and thugs of Eastern Europe were forced to migrate to Palestine as Jews. The purpose was to install in the heart of the Islamic world an anti-Islamic state under the guise of supporting the victims of racism and to create a rift between the East and the West of the Islamic world after 1400 years of unity between those two parts.
 * IRNA (April 24, 2001)

 * The purchase of any item which helps strengthen Zionism is not permissible.
 * Imam Syed Ali Khamenei (2001).

2002

 * The U.S. officials are now revealing their true nature. In his recent speech, the U.S. president spoke like a person who is thirsty for the blood of human beings! He threatened and leveled baseless accusations against other governments and nations. Considering the existing realities on the ground, most of the nations in the world have now come to the conclusion that the U.S. is really the Great Satan. This belief is also substantiated by concrete evidence.
 * "Leader's Statements in a Meeting with Participants in IWMC", Khamenei.ir (January 31, 2002)

2003

 * Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) managed to restore our dignity and eliminate the long-standing hegemony of autocracy and colonialism by returning to Islam, by adhering to Islam. He managed to give our people a sense of identity and made them feel that they can stand on their own feet, that they can say "yes" or "no" in the case of essential matters. Our people had been deprived of such things for centuries. It was Islam that gave these things to our people. In any country in any part of the world where the waves of Islamic Awakening are strengthened or started and the people and youth of that country feel that they are moving closer to Islam, there will be this renewed sense of identity and dignity.
 * Supreme Leader's Speech to Officials on Occasion of Birthday Anniversary of Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) 19/05/2003

2004

 * The Americans are stuck in Iraq and have no way out. They are like a wolf whose tail has been caught in a trap.
 * The Americans in Iraq are 'like a wolf whose tail has been caught in a trap.' May 2004.

 * The Iraqi people will hate any government established in Iraq that will be recognized as appointed by the Americans, just as the Americans are hated. The Americans' coming to Iraq was a mistake. Their staying was a mistake. Their behavior with the population was a mistake... They must know that certainly, the Islamic world and chiefly the Shiite world will not stay silent in face of this.
 * Iranian Leader, Ali Khamenei, Speaks about the American Involvement in Iraq May 2004.

2005

 * Western countries allow no freedom of expression, which they claim to advocate, with regard to the myth of the massacre of Jews known as the holocaust, and nobody in the West enjoys the freedom of expression to deny it or raise doubts about it. But affronting the sanctities of about 1.5 billion Muslims is permissible in the West.
 * February 7, 2006 remarks at a reception for Air Force Servicemen

 * Our people say "Death to America," and this is like saying "I seek God's refuge from the accursed Satan," which is recited before any chapter of the Koran, even before "In the name of Allah the Compassionate, the Merciful." Why is this? So the believer will never forget, even for a moment, the presence of Satan. So he will never forget, even for a moment, that Satan is ready to attack him and to destroy his spiritual shield and is faith... The saying "Death to America" is for this purpose.
 * March 14, 2005 speech

2006

 * Today, America poses a threat to peace and security in the world. Therefore, the slogan "Death to America" is no longer used only by our people. Today, you see throughout the world people setting fire to the effigy of the American president and chanting the slogan "Death to America." This is because of the American regime's exaggerated demands, its arrogance, its vanity, and its desire to control, and because it is a pawn in the hands of the Zionists."
 * March 21, 2006 speech

2007

 * Should the Iranian nation beg for the right of exploitation of nuclear energy from the bullying world powers until they accept that the nation has a nuclear right?... No. This is not the way of a free and independent nation... Rights cannot be achieved by entreating. If you supplicate, withdraw and show flexibility, arrogant powers will make their threat more serious.
 * Iran leader: Won't beg for nuke power June 2007.

2009

 * Today, you are hated throughout the world. If you don't know this, you should. The peoples burn your flag. The Islamic peoples all over the world chant: "Death to America!"
 * March 21, 2009 speech responding to American President Barack Obama's diplomatic outreach to Iran

2010

 * The European races are barbaric. They wear freshly pressed suits and ties, and they smell of eau de cologne, but deep down, they still have the same barbaric nature known from history. They kill with ease. They murder people without any problem. Therefore, beating women in their homes is of no consequence to the [Europeans] and Americans, whereas in an Islamic environment, it is unimaginable.
 * May 10, 2010 address at a conference for women

 * Israel Is A Hideous Entity In the Middle East Which Will Undoubtedly Be Annihilated.
 * September 2, 2010 tweet

2012

 * From now on, in any place, if any nation or any group confronts the Zionist regime, we will endorse and we will help. We have no fear expressing this… The Zionist regime is a cancerous tumor that must be removed, and God willing it will be.
 * February 3, 2012 sermon at Friday prayers

 * The great powers have dominated the destiny of the Islamic countries for years and… installed the Zionist cancerous tumor in the heart of the Islamic world… Many of the problems facing the Muslim world are due to the existence of the Zionist regime.
 * August 19, 2012 speech marking Eid al-Fitr, the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

 * Today in many western countries, nobody dares question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in America if people decide to write something against homosexuality on the basis of psychological and sociological principles, they will be prevented from publishing their work. How is it that these people feel obligated to respect freedom of expression?
 * September 17, 2012 comments made during a graduation ceremony at Imam Khomeini Naval Academy in Noshahr

2015

 * Don’t allow the colonialists to introduce their terrorists as representatives of Islam (January 21, 2015)
 * To the Youth in Europe and North America, The recent events in France and similar ones in some other Western countries have convinced me to directly talk to you about them. I am addressing you, [the youth], not because I overlook your parents, rather it is because the future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts. I don’t address your politicians and statesmen either in this writing because I believe that they have consciously separated the route of politics from the path of righteousness and truth. I would like to talk to you about Islam, particularly the image that is presented to you as Islam. Many attempts have been made over the past two decades, almost since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, to place this great religion in the seat of a horrifying enemy. The provocation of a feeling of horror and hatred and its utilization has unfortunately a long record in the political history of the West. Here, I don’t want to deal with the different phobias with which the Western nations have thus far been indoctrinated. A cursory review of recent critical studies of history would bring home to you the fact that the Western governments’ insincere and hypocritical treatment of other nations and cultures has been censured in new historiographies. The histories of the United States and Europe are ashamed of slavery, embarrassed by the colonial period and chagrined at the oppression of people of color and non-Christians. Your researchers and historians are deeply ashamed of the bloodsheds wrought in the name of religion between the Catholics and Protestants or in the name of nationality and ethnicity during the First and Second World Wars. This approach is admirable. By mentioning a fraction of this long list, I don’t want to reproach history; rather I would like you to ask your intellectuals as to why the public conscience in the West awakens and comes to its senses after a delay of several decades or centuries. Why should the revision of collective conscience apply to the distant past and not to the current problems? Why is it that attempts are made to prevent public awareness regarding an important issue such as the treatment of Islamic culture and thought? You know well that humiliation and spreading hatred and illusionary fear of the “other” have been the common base of all those oppressive profiteers. Now, I would like you to ask yourself why the old policy of spreading “phobia” and hatred has targeted Islam and Muslims with an unprecedented intensity. Why does the power structure in the world want Islamic thought to be marginalized and remain latent? What concepts and values in Islam disturb the programs of the super powers and what interests are safeguarded in the shadow of distorting the image of Islam? Hence, my first request is: Study and research the incentives behind this widespread tarnishing of the image of Islam. My second request is that in reaction to the flood of prejudgments and disinformation campaigns, try to gain a direct and firsthand knowledge of this religion. The right logic requires that you understand the nature and essence of what they are frightening you about and want you to keep away from.
 * Message of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei To the Youth in Europe and North America, Khamenei.ir (January 21, 2015)

 * It goes without saying that the slogan does not mean death to the American nation; this slogan means death to the US’s policies, death to arrogance.
 * Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Explains 'Death to America' Slogan (November 3, 2015)

Hajj hijacked by oppressors, Muslims should reconsider management of Hajj (September 2015)

 * Hajj hijacked by oppressors, Muslims should reconsider management of Hajj: Ayatollah Khamene

 * For Muslims, the season of is the season of pride and glory in the eyes of God’s servants, the season of enlightening hearts, the season of humility before the Creator and of solemn prayer. Hajj is a heavenly, earthly, divine and communal obligation. ... During this unparalleled obligation, temporal and spatial security bestows tranquility on the hearts of human beings like a clear sign and a brilliant star and draws hajj pilgrims out of the siege of insecurity by domineering oppressors that constantly threatens humanity and it helps humanity taste the pleasure of security during a particular period of time. ... Abrahamic hajj, which Islam has presented to Muslims as a gift, is the manifestation of pride, spirituality, unity and glory. It demonstrates to ill-wishers and enemies the greatness of the Islamic  and its reliance on God’s eternal power. It highlights the distance between Muslims and the cesspool of corruption, humiliation and tyranny that international oppressors and bullies impose on human communities. ... Those who have reduced hajj to a religious-tourist trip and have hidden their enmity and malevolence towards the faithful and revolutionary people of Iran under the name of “politicizing hajj”, are themselves small and puny satans who tremble for fear of jeopardizing the interests of the Great Satan, the U.S.
 * Saudi rulers, who have obstructed the path of Allah and this year and who have blocked the proud and faithful Iranian pilgrims’ path to the Beloved’s House, are disgraced and misguided people who think their survival on the throne of oppression is dependent on defending the arrogant powers of the world, on alliances with Zionism and the U.S. and on fulfilling their demands. And on this path, they do not shy away from any treason.
 * Almost one year has now passed since the horrifying events in Mina, as a result of which several thousand people tragically lost their lives- under the hot sun with thirsty lips- and this happened on the day of Eid while they were in the clothes of ihram. Shortly before that, another group of people were crushed to death in Masjid ul-Haraam while they were worshiping and performing and . Saudi rulers were at fault in both cases. This is what all those present, observers and technical analysts agree upon. Some experts maintain that the events were premeditated. The hesitation and failure to rescue the half-dead and injured people, whose enthusiastic souls and enthralled hearts were accompanying their praying tongues on, is also obvious and incontrovertible. The heartless and murderous Saudis locked up the injured with the dead in containers- instead of providing medical treatment and helping them or at least quenching their thirst. They murdered them.
 * The hearts of their families are still broken and bereaved and our people remain grief-stricken and angry. Instead of apology and remorse and judicial prosecution of those who were directly at fault in that horrifying event, Saudi rulers- with utmost shamelessness and insolence- refused to allow the formation of an international Islamic fact-finding committee.
 * Instead of being tried as the accused, they acted like the plaintiff and with increased malice and vileness, they revealed their long-standing enmity towards the Islamic Republic and towards any flag of Islam raised to confront kufr and arrogance.
 * Their propaganda mouthpieces- from the politicians whose behavior towards the Zionists and the U.S. is a source of disgrace for the world of Islam, to impious and haraam-eating muftis who blatantly issue fatwas against the Book and Sunnah, and to media minions who are not even deterred by codes of professional conduct from spreading and telling lies- are making futile efforts to show that the Islamic Republic is at fault for depriving Iranian pilgrims of this year’s hajj pilgrimage.
 * The fitna-promoting rulers who by forming and arming wicked takfiri groups, have plunged the world of Islam into civil wars, murdering and injuring the innocent and shed blood in Yemen, Iraq, the Levant, Libya and other countries- the godless politicians who have extended the hand of friendship towards the Zionist regime, have closed their eyes on the Palestinians’ sufferings and heartrending tragedies and have spread their oppression and betrayal to the cities and villages of.
 * They have made the divine sanctuary unsafe for everybody.
 * Because of these rulers’ oppressive behavior towards God’s guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the management of the two holy places and the issue of hajj. Negligence in this regard will confront the Islamic Ummah with more serious problems in the future.

2019

 * Underpriviliged according to Quran doesn't mean poor people, it means faithful who fight tyrants, The Earth's Heirs.

2020

 * Perhaps, there have been few historic eras during which humanity was in as much need as the present time for the existence of a savior. Humanity suffers from poverty, disease, perversion and sins. It is afflicted with injustice, inequality and deep and growing class rifts. Humanity is subject to the abuse of power at the hands of big powers. They abuse science and natural discoveries, the capabilities discovered in nature. Humanity is faced with all these. These things have caused humans, throughout the world, to feel exhausted and to feel the need for a liberating hand.
 * "Creating a centralized social security system for individuals" and "Creating a national database for Iranians by connecting different databases to each other" are among the experts' suggestions to reduce the people's problems.
 * Meeting of the Coordination Council 24 November 2020 4 Azar 1399 ISNA Keyhan

 * Europeans are constantly stating anti Iranian sentiments, while themselves make worse interventions in regions issues they tell us don't intervene, While Britain and France have atomic missiles and Germany on the road to it they tell us not to have normal missiles.

2021

 * The enemy demons humans kinds and Jin kinds demons have banded. And spy agencies of many countries are working against us.
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 * It was the English who masterminded the plot and who persisted in it and then, Zionist capitalists executed it with their money and weapons. The Soviet Union too was one of the first governments that officially recognized the establishment of that illegitimate regime and later on dispatched a large number of Jews to that area.*
 * Those same scoundrels are criticizing our elections. An American official commented on the Iranian elections. Despite their own fiasco, which is still before them, they have found their tongues after several months and speak against our elections. But with their situation and the fiasco they created, they shouldn’t say even a single word about our elections.
 * The enemies hoped the turnout would be about 20%. Considering the pandemic, which is said to have decreased the turnout by 10%, the actual turnout was about 60%, which is a good turnout.

2023

 * I extend my congratulations to the brave men of the 86th flotilla of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy on their grand and successful naval mission.
 * IRNA

 * The presence of even one single American in Iraq is too much
 * IRNA

 * Of course, today’s Mongols, that is, the West, have different appearances and forms of the onslaught. In addition to the dark history of their crimes during the colonial period, they have also been invasive during our era, by equipping rabid dogs like Saddam with all kinds of weapons.
 * IRNA

 * Silence of the Muslim governments in the face of such an invasion, which is an invasion on them and on the Islamic ummah, and even supporting it, as some did recently, has weakened those countries and has subjugated them.
 * IRNA

 * The [Israel] regime has only two scenarios in front of it, namely the bad scenario and the worse scenario.
 * IRNA

2024

 * As the page of history is turning, you are standing on the right side of it. The global Zionist elite – who owns most US and European media corporations or influences them through funding and bribery – has labeled this courageous, humane resistance movement as "terrorism".. Resistance Front has grown in strength and will become even stronger

Besides you students from dozens of American universities, there have also been uprisings in other countries. My advice to you is to become familiar with the Quran.
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 * The attack which was in October was exactly what the region needed. Our region was very much in need of this. An army that claims to be one of the strongest in the world has failed in its own country.The Zionism regime is gradually melting in front of the eyes of the people of the world

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Quotes about Khamenei

 * Today, many of us picked up our newspapers, and we were horrified to see the sight of 10 American sailors on their knees, with their hands on their heads. In that State of the Union, President Obama didn't so much as mention the 10 sailors that had been captured by Iran. President Obama's preparing to send $100 billion or more to the Ayatollah Khamenei. And I'll tell you, it was heartbreaking. But the good news is the next commander-in-chief is standing on this stage. And I give you my word, if I am elected president, no service man or service woman will be forced to be on their knees, and any nation that captures our fighting men will feel the full force and fury of the United States of America.
 * Ted Cruz, Sixth Republican Presidential Debate (January 14, 2016)
 * I tell the Iranians that if they hear from people here or there that pictures of Ayatollah Khamenei are hung in Iraqi homes, it is a lie.
 * Sayyed Ayad Jamal Aldin: Iraqis Do Not Put Pictures of Khamenei in Their Homes. Al-Arabiya TV (January 3, 2005).
 * Sayyed Ayad Jamal Aldin: Iraqis Do Not Put Pictures of Khamenei in Their Homes. Al-Arabiya TV (January 3, 2005).

 * Hizbullah chose to be loyal to the regime in Iran, to the rule of the Jurisprudent, Hizbullah made a religious choice – and it is free to make such a choice... It chose to consider Ali Khamenei in Iran as their source of emulation. They turn to him to ask what is permitted and what is forbidden.
 * Khamenei & Co. do not think we will respond, do not fear Western action, and believe this is a historic movement for the advance of their vision of clerical fascism.
 * Michael Ledeen (February 17, 2006). "A Mullah’s-Eye View of the World". National Review Online.
 * Michael Ledeen (February 17, 2006). "A Mullah’s-Eye View of the World". National Review Online.

 * Khomeini was succeeded as Supreme Leader by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who stymied a weak 1990s 'reform' movement and backed the 2005 election of Iran's current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a radical demagogue and rabid anti-Semite who has denied the Holocaust, declared he wishes to exterminate Israel, and whose pursuit of an Iranian nuclear arsenal, in defiance of the West, may yet bring the world to nuclear catastrophe.
 * Simon Sebag Montefiore, Monsters: History's Most Evil Men and Women (2009), p. 186
 * When Khomeini died in 1989, his nominated successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was duly chosen as supreme leader, though he lacked Khomeini’s unique authority. Nonetheless, the Iranian Islamic Republic has been highly successful in projecting Shiite and Iranian power, seeking nuclear weapons, using militias such as Hezbollah and Hamas, and involving itself in the wars in Iraq and Syria. It is an aggressive, oppressive theocracy yet its hybrid semi-democracy, with elected presidents and parliaments, has given it the flexibility to survive and to build power unprecedented since the days of the Persian empire.
 * Simon Sebag Montefiore, Titans of History: Giants Who Made Our World (2012)

 * [O]ne of God's great graces, alongside the Islamic Republic, is the presence of the leader – this great leader who enjoys the grace of God. I say this out of experience, not as a gesture of politeness. They should be aware of the value of this great leader, and know how to make the most of this grace, and thank God for this. They should preserve this. With God's help, they should benefit the most from this great personality.
 * We find ourselves in front of a great and exceptional personality who is criticized - even in Iran. Our responsibility is to introduce this great Imam to the nation, This is the very important and sensitive mission of this conference.
 * Hassan Nasrallah,

 * US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on June 13, 2019, blamed Iran for attacks on ships in the Gulf of Oman. Iran had no motive for the recent attack on civilian vessels in the Gulf of Oman, but the US has motives to falsely blame Iran for it. It appears that Mike Pompeo has a hard time kicking his old habits. He appears to be as smug about lying as a CIA operative as he is as Secretary of State. Categorically blaming the Iranians for the recent oil attack tankers has left allies scratching their heads; and perhaps leaving foes thinking: “Thank God my enemy is so stupid”! On June 13, 2019, as Ayatollah Khamenei was holding talks in Tehran with Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, two oil tankers carrying oil to Japan were attacked. As investigations into the incident were just beginning, Pompeo had already concluded his assessment and had it ready for the press. Much to the audible surprise of the world, and without any proof or supporting documents, he laid the blame firmly at Iran’s feet citing “intelligence”...
 * Pompeo’s Tanker Narrative, Foreign Policy Journal, Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, (17 June 2019)

 * Despite efforts to disguise his hatred of Israel in Islamic terms... Khamenei is more influenced by Western-style anti-Semitism than by classical Islam's checkered relations with Jews. His argument about territories becoming "irrevocably Islamic" does not wash, if only because of its inconsistency. He has nothing to say about vast chunks of former Islamic territory, including some that belonged to Iran for millennia, now under Russian rule. Nor is he ready to embark on Jihad to drive the Chinese out of Xinjiang, a Muslim khanate until the late 1940s. Israel, which in terms of territory accounts for one per cent of Saudi Arabia, is a very small fry. Khamenei's shedding of tears for "the sufferings of Palestinian Muslims" are also unconvincing. To start with, not all Palestinians are Muslims. And, if it were only Muslim sufferers who deserved sympathy, why doesn't the "Supreme Guide" beat his chest about the Burmese Rohingya and the Chechens massacred and enchained by Vladimir Putin, not to mention Muslims daily killed by fellow-Muslims across the globe?
 * Amir Taheri, The Ayatollah's Plan for Israel and Palestine, Gatestone Institute (July 31, 2015)

 * Khamenei is certainly better educated than the late Khomeini. At least he can speak and write correct Persian and Arabic, something the late Ayatollah never managed. From available evidence Khamenei also has a better knowledge of Islam and its history than Khomeini did. Nevertheless, Khamenei has never been accepted as a theologian or Islamic scholar, but as a political leader, bestowing on him a degree of dangerous ambiguity. That ambiguity enables him to hit much higher than his weight by using his political position as long as the going is good. However, the slightest sign that his political power may be on the wane or seriously challenged could expose him as a prophet without armor. And that, in the context of Iran’s violent politics, created of the same substance as angels or not, is a dicey situation to be in, to say the least.
 * Amir Taheri, The Supreme Guide and the Substance of the Angels, Ashraq Al-Awsat (31 Aug, 2015).

 * Want a trip into bizarroland? Take a look at the Twitter feed for Iran's 'Supreme Guide' Ayatollah Khamenei. No, his Twitter feed hasn't been hacked by Al Sharpton. Nor is this a spoof site. It's the real online megaphone for the Iranian dictator. This pasty old man doesn't give a flying fork about black people, especially those who live in the United States. When he and his underlings chant 'Death to America', they don't mean death to white America. They're talking about the whole country, from our black president at the top to undocumented immigrants on the bottom and everyone in between.
 * Michael Totten, "The Iranian Leader's Bizarre Twitter Feed" (1 May 2015), Dispatches, World Affairs Journal.

 * Since his election as president of Iran in June 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has caused something of a sensation by, among other things, questioning the reality of the Holocaust and suggesting that Israel be moved in Europe or Alaska. His outrageous speeches have been good theatre for both his supporters and for foreign opponents who want to demonize him. However, his power is actually quite limited. For example, even with the support of the Iranian legislature, he cannot make law, and he is not the commander-in-chief of the Iranian armed forces. Above the elected government in Iran is an unelected twelve-man Guardian Council of mullahs, headed by Ayatollah Khamenei, who has ruled the nation since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. Khamenei is the leader of the military, and the Guardian Council has the right to veto any law passed by the elected government. Since 2001, Khamenei has undone the reforms that had been gradually changing the face of Iran.
 * David Wallechinsky, Tyrants: The World's 20 Worst Living Dictators (2006), p. 2

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Richard Eberhart

Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet.

The War Poets

 * A poet knows war without objective war in the world; it was conflict at the root of his mind that impelled him to the masking of these conflicts in the apparent resolution and order of works of art.In a dialectical sense, all poetry is war.
 * The war may present or force a subject; it may bring out a poet, or shock him onto a sensibility of silence. It may kill him. Or germinate the best war poems for exfoliation years after the event.
 * The War Poets ed. Oscar Williams. New York 1945

"The Fury of Aerial Bombardment"

 * I felt the ruthfulness and senselessness of war so acutlely that I wrote the first three stanzas of which, are in effect a prayer.
 * The Poetry of War 1939-45 ed. Ian Hamilton, London 1965

 * Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity?

 * Poem: The Fury of Aerial Bombardment

Other

 * Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive.
 * Quoted in his obituary Dartmouth College news release

 * Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world.
 * from his 1977 acceptance speech for a National Book Award Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 13, 2005

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский (25 April/7 May 1840 – 25 October/6 November 1893 was a Russian composer of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular music in the classical repertoire. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, bolstered by his appearances as a guest conductor in Europe and the United States. Tchaikovsky was honored in 1884 by Emperor Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension.

Quotes

 * What I need is to believe in myself again— for my faith has been greatly undermined; it seems to me my role is over.
 * Letter to a nephew (9 February 1893) Just prior to composing his "Pathetique" Symphony (No. 6)

 * Just as I was starting on my journey the idea came to me for a new symphony, this time with a program, but a program which will remain an enigma to all— let them guess it who can. It will be called "A Programmatic Symphony" (No. 6). During my trip, while composing in my mind, I frequently shed tears. When I got home I settled down to sketch it, and the work went so furiously that I had the first movement completely ready in less than four days and the remaining movements are already clearly outlined in my head. Half the third movement is already done. There will be much innovation of form in this symphony— and incidentally, the finale will not be a noisy allegro but, on the contrary, a long drawn-out adagio. You can't imagine what bliss I feel, being convinced that my time is not yet passed and I can still work. Perhaps, of course, I'm mistaken, but I don't think so.
 * Letter to a nephew (late February 1893)

 * I played over the music of that scoundrel Brahms. What a giftless bastard! It annoys me that this self-inflated mediocrity is hailed as a genius.
 * Diary entry for October 9, 1886, quoted in Nicolas Slonimsky, Lexicon of Musical Invective (1953), p. 73.

 * After the last notes of Gotterdammerung I felt as though I had been let out of prison.
 * Quoted in Hans Gal, The Musician's World (1965)

 * Generally speaking, the germ of a future composition comes suddenly and unexpectedly. If the soil is ready — that is to say, if the disposition for work is there — it takes root with extraordinary force and rapidity, shoots up through the earth, puts forth branches, leaves, and, finally, blossoms.
 * Quoted in letter to Nadezhda von Meck from Florence (1878) before setting out the "programme" of the Fourth Symphony

 * I am a Russian, Russian, Russian, to the marrow of my bones.
 * quoted in Geoffrey Hindley, The Larousse Encyclopedia of Music (1982) ISBN 0896731014

 * This evening I feel sad and am shedding tears because this morning while wandering in the woods I was unable to find a single violet. What an old sniveller I am...!
 * quoted in Geoffrey Hindley, The Larousse Encyclopedia of Music (1982) ISBN 0896731014

 * Fate... hangs over our heads like the sword of Damocles and inexorably distills a slow and deadly venom. One must bend to it and abandon oneself to boundless despair...
 * quoted in Geoffrey Hindley, The Larousse Encyclopedia of Music (1982) ISBN 0896731014

Quotes about Tchaikovsky

 * I don't know what life would be like without music. In my lonely times, music has been my closest friend. It has also been my doctor-and my lover, in the sense that I sometimes listen to music and dream of a lover that doesn't exist. Late at night, when I don't feel sleepy, I'll play music-all types of music and lose myself in its mystery. I might decide to play Stevie Wonder, or Debussy, or Tchaikovsky. It depends on my mood.
 * 1977 interview in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)

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Talk:Kurt Tucholsky

There is an error in this translation which significantly distorts Tucholsky's intended meaning. It should be:

 * Retranslated: "For four years there were whole square miles of territory in which murder was obligatory, while a half hour away it was just as strongly forbidden. Did I say murder? Of course murder.  Soldiers are murderers."

The error hinges on the translation of the adjective "ganze," which in this context cannot mean "several."

Otto Hinckelmann otto5@ix.netcom.com

Source
Hi,

The German Wikiquote gives the following source for the first EN unsourced quote (The cruelty of most people is lack of imagination, their brutality is ignorance):

Horizontaler und vertikaler Journalismus", in: "Die Weltbühne", 13. Januar 1925, S. 49

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User talk:214.13.4.151

 * I was going to invite others to look at my analysis anyways, but Aphaia has suggested this:

 * "I would like you to consider if it is a good idea to invite other editors to read through over 100K talk. In my opinion, it is a sort of burden and shut out most of editors. And I suspect who is now interested in this issue. --Aphaia 5 July 2005 05:10 (UTC)", and I shall do as asked.

 * You are invited 214---165, to look at my analysis at: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Abortion#Analysis_and_proposed_solutions and see if all the problems are identified, and if not, add one or two. Also, please notice that you can post your proposed solutions below. Afterwards, we can briefly discuss and then vote on different ideas. Don't worry: I addressed all concerns, but if you don't believe me, check it out. Sorry for the length, but many people had many problems.

 * In conclusion, I have done all the research: Read my analysis, debate it, vote on it, and accept the vote -even if it goes against you; All will be well. Take my word for it. Have a nice day. --GordonWattsDotCom 5 July 2005 05:31 (UTC)

 *  Oops! I made a mistake: I am new to Wiki; Voting may not be possible for nonregistered users. Aphaia corrected me, and referred me to Voting. I do not know if a vote is binding or not, and I do not know if you can vote as an unregistered user, but I would myself suggest you register like most of us; That would certainly help improve your chances of voting. Please do not accept my word as authoritative on the issue; I am not an admin nor a sysop. Please ask them for the details if you have questions. All else stands though; You are invited to debate and contribute as the community sees fit.--GordonWattsDotCom 5 July 2005 05:49 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikiquote. I have not thoroughly examined everything yet, but though additions made to Abortion supporting your POV are acceptable, the wholesale deletions you have made of quotations and headings that do not, are not. ~ Kalki 13:55, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I appreciate your comments. I deleted multiple quotes from a comedian - and left one, suggesting to whomever thinks his thoughts are relevant to consolidate.  I also deleted the headings as they in evitably are biased in that whichever "heading" is listed first is automatically is advantaged as having more influence and impact on the reader.  Also, the quotations speak for themselves.  The viewpoint of the speaker is not what is relevant, it is the words they speak.  In fact, not knowing the  speaker's  viewpoint is actually a benfit to the reader and neutrality as the words are evaluated without regard to the label one chooses to give them. 214.13.4.151 14:29, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi. I have reverted your changes again. Please feel free to make edits which add quotes, and to seek consensus on quote removal and reorgnization on the talk page, but please do not revert again. Thanks, MosheZadka 14:48, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * You are certainly not the first to find fault with the organization of the abortion page, and there can certainly be improvements done. However, randomly performing large edits in the middle of a debate seems to me in bad taste -- the page has lived in that state for a while, I am sure it could stand to stay in that state for a while longer while we come together to a decision which everyone is happy with. I again ask you to avoid large edits, to add whichever quotes you think are pertinent in the currently existing section (of if you feel that strongly, to a new section "uncategorized"), and not to delete quotes until such time as there seems general agreement. I am sure that working together can result in a page which shows the issues, as reflected in quotes, well. Thanks again, MosheZadka 14:59, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

PS: Whenever Wikiquote (as a relatively new member in the mediawiki family) has no explicit policy, we follow that of our larger sister, Wikipedia. Here is a link to a policy document on WP that you may find enlightening: w:WP:3RR MosheZadka 15:05, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Hippocrates
Please see Talk:Abortion, your comment will be appreciated. --Aphaia 07:02, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Talk "refactoring"
Please don't change the place of each discussion. It is annoying and makes harder to trace it. Thanks. --Aphaia 09:10, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Abortion
Well, hi, 214 (if I may call you so, do you have any intention to register you?) I have currently no idea which version is better, but in general it is a good idea before a massive change to build a consensus to the change. Not only with approval in silence but if possible, clear supprt.

Anyway if you convinces the former version was better, you could wait for other editors, or just report it on WQ:VP, when your version was reverted. I wonder what made you so hurry. Anyway I protected the page and would like to keep it so for 24 hours to promote discussion on the talk. In my opinion, "revert to revert" is not so much productive and not matchs you a good editor. Thank you for your attention. --Aphaia 21:44, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

''I don't feel as though the rules are being followed on the abortion page. I think I have been frozen out of this page without any real basis. And Aphaia has made a baseless allegation of a rule violation that she refuses to either back up or withdraw. Finally, there is no atempt at compromise or rue consensus (something everyone can accept). I made every attempt to follow the rules and ettiquette, and even repaired any changes that breached the ettiquette once informed of the faux pas. However, there is truly no sense to make the page relevant or useful. Right now people show up to the page and find quotes from minor figures from American pop culture as the some of the first entries on one of the major cultural/philosophical/legal issues of the day. I don't see how this is "useful", and there has not reall been any argument that it truly is useful. I think what we have is a "Status quo" mindset by people who want the page to conform to their paradigm. In any event, there is no explanation as to why the page is still forzen or why I am locked out of it (not sure which is actually the current page status). 214.13.4.151 2 July 2005 11:31 (UTC)''

 * Wikiquote, much like wikipedia, is not a bureaucracy. This is not about rules, this is about coming to a consensus. You have already admitted to having an ulterior motive, not having the pro-choice quotes first, which is why any suggestion of a compromise by you is viewed with suspicion. I suggested a compromise (namely, keeping the current categorization and adding a subcategorization by profession) which you summarily ignored, and went on to claim you are being attacked. Since it is unlikely you are locked out of the abortion talk page, it is not clear why you chose to direct your remarks to Jeffq on his talk page (a third party). If you feel the abortion talk page is too obscure, allowing shadowy operations, you are free to air your concerns on WQ:VP. However, I for one do not feel as though you were mistreated. You may notice part of the reason no consensus was made was that you were adamantly against any option which does not fit your agenda. When there is no consensus, the status quo, that you object to, is the default. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 2 July 2005 11:55 (UTC)

 * 214, don't look to me for sympathy. Do you expect us to believe statements like "frozen out of this page without any real basis", "baseless allegation", and "not been any argument that it truly is a useful orgnization" [sic] when such things have been repeatedly explained? As one becomes more experienced with wikis, one learns a number of rules of thumb when dealing with others, in order to make the wiki experience a relatively smooth one; e.g., Wikiquette, 3RR policy, the value of assuming a registered identity, and the signs that someone is attempting true compromise. When editors fail to learn or make use of those rules of thumb, they tend to be regarded as uncooperative. The more they persist, the less seriously they are taken.

 * You are not the only one in this debate who has revealed a strong point of view. From my limited perspective, MosheZadka is primarily interested in maintaining the old organization, Aphaia is mostly concerned about how this affects policy and wasteful database loading from frequent change, Kalki seems most anxious to avoid one-sided revisions while maintaining the logical organization of the two well-known sides of the debate, Eustace Tilley finds the existing dichotomy inappropriate, and I am mostly concerned about avoiding time-wasting arguments on unresolvable issues and insisting on Wikiquette. None of us has necessarily been at the top of our form in this debate, but I make no apologies for any lack of perfection we may have exhibited, and I don't need to, because these editors have proven their value to the Wikiquote project by long, consistent, thoughtful work on a wide variety of articles and issues. You are being largely dismissed because you are an unregistered Johnny one-note who refuses to cooperate, contorts the concept of compromise so that it always comes out promoting your obvious POV, and does his best to distort the debate to impune respected editors. Long experience with wikis has taught seniors editors that such a person cannot be expected to become a useful member of the community. It's junior editors like myself who are foolish enough to keep trying to talk sense into such people. I hereby give up on trying to get you to cooperate. — Jeff Q (talk) 2 July 2005 22:34 (UTC)

Confusion
Hi. I find myself somewhat confused by your actions, and I hope you can help me. I believed it was the majority opinion that while adding new quotations is fine, currently the organization of the Abortion page should remain. However, you seemed decide to reorganize the page. If you feel a new organization is better, I urge you to put a prototype of the new organization in a subpage of the Talk:Abortion page, and ask for other opinions. I want to ask you to revert your recent reorganization, and put such a prototype in a subpage of the talk page, so we can compare the merits of the alternatives. Thanks ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 4 July 2005 07:31 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry you changed sections without any consensus. I reverted it. This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page you will be blocked from editing. Thank you. --Aphaia 4 July 2005 07:46 (UTC)

Short note
As you asked, I am willing to stop asking you to register -- but I would like you to remember that not registering, while allowed, does mean the community will tend to value the opinions of others over yours. It is, of course, your choice to make, but please do not act surprised or insulted by it. Registering is a token that one is willing to join the community. While we welcome any edits, when it comes to controversy, the community has to make hard choices -- and those choices are at the expense of unregistered users. Choices, as we learned on Buffy, have consequences, and I wanted to know those of yours. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 13:44 (UTC)

Edits
Hi. You have made large edits to Abortion by mistake, instead of showcasing your proposals in a subpage. I have moved your edits to Talk:Abortion/Organized. Please perform further edits on this version. Thanks ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 15:50 (UTC)

Hi. I ask again that you perform edits in Talk:Abortion/Organized. There is no consensus about anything except addition of quotes -- any reorganization are on hold pending discussion. Thanks for your understanding. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 16:00 (UTC)

Reversion
Because there is a complain for you on WQ:VP and your edit causes major changes, I reverted your latest edit. You shouldn't have mixed a major change and addition of new qoutes. You can remind yourself on Kalki's caution about it. You can't blame anyone when you caused a major change without consensus about structure, even if your edit containted acceptable part. And you should realize all editors are asked not to make a major change, like structural changes. And as for sourced quotes, we order them chronogically, not alphabetically. Once I refered to the alphabetical order, but then I meant mainly section order and undated and not completely sourced quotes. If you are stick on alphabetical order, you would violate our official guideline which you find at Templates. When you try again to change the structure, you are hardly avoiding your third blocking, I guess.

Thank you for your consideration. --Aphaia 7 July 2005 17:01 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your recent changes to Abortion ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 19:02, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * It should be noted that this comment by MosheZadka was made prior to a series of deletions, and an expression of intention to move several quotes. I am still hoping that arrangements can end up with a stable page, but we are not at that stage yet. ~ Kalki 21:12, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

I think the standard alphabetizing and culling of unsourced or dubious material is long overdue. I am sure you all will comment if you see something that you don't like. 214.13.4.151 03:58, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

recent contentions
Variant translations of works are provided where available throughout Wikiquote, and variant translations of Biblical passages are certainly relevant to the abortion issue. Using breaks " " rather than slashes "/" is also standard formatting in almost all articles. Italicization of song or poem lyrics has commonly been done when the articles themselves do not consist primarily of poems or songs. ~ Kalki 21:01, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I have no problem with it - but it does tend to make the page less user-friendly and more "bogged down". Much like the long explanations of who said the quote and when. 214.13.4.151 03:56, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I also have no particular liking of the humor of Maddox, but his site is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article, and thus his quotation should be retained. Only one of your deletions do I agree with, as the person was non-notable by standard measures, the others I do not. ~ Kalki 21:08, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I recommend you to follow Jeff's suggestions, shortly "you are invited to add quotes, but sorry, no removal". The article needs to be pruned, but it is not the time; some editors including me think removal should be done only after concensus-breaking what should be deleted and what should be retained. So if you remove one or more quotes by your descretion, it will be surely unwelcome. --Aphaia 21:40, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

 * That's fine with me - it just seems silly to have a "nobody" quoted here. If wikiquote wants to have information that is not helpful to people doing researchsuch as the opinions of someone who is unknown and is not an authority on the subject matter), then that makes wikiquote less likely to become known as a the place to go for quotes. 214.13.4.151 03:54, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I think that the Maddox quote was replaced, so that we seem to only be missing two quotes from the original time; I agree 100% totally with Aphaia: I am an inclusionist. But, Kalki, you agree with one of the deletions? Which one? If you think it should go and find concensus after I am gone, that is OK with me, but I shall repair and replace like before. PS: Glad to see we're all accpeting of the others' views and peace is back in style.--GordonWattsDotCom 15:58, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

--GordonWattsDotCom 15:58, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * "A person's a person, no mattter how small."
 * Horton Hears a Who, Dr. Seuss's (Theodor Seuss Geisel's) children's book on respecting others
 * All plucked flowers and carrots are untimely ripped. All scotched weeds or cadaver eating are abortions.
 * O Anna Niemus

 * Correction: I made a mistake: Only one quote was missing of the original quotes, and I replaced it; It did not have any sources except Wiki and mirror sites of wiki, but the author is well-known: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22O+Anna+Niemus%22&hl=en&lr=&start=10&sa=N

--GordonWattsDotCom 16:28, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Terri Schiavo needs your help...
Hey, 214,

I am trying to drum up support for a Featured Article Candadicy for Terri Schiavo: She is getting whipped into shape, and the support is growing for a feature of her article, but I would like your support too.

The page on which we discuss such things is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Terri_Schiavo

Here's a post I sent to Wikipedia's top dude, FYI:

Anyhow, I hate to bother the top brass, but the Schiavo article is a Featured Article Candidate, and, while some of the critics have good points about image copyright concerns, most of the other criticisms are unfounded (e.g., length of article must be long to "do justice," etc.), I think the article is stable and very well-written.

Slightly over half of the "votes" are against it being a "Featured Article," but I've whipped the article in shape -with help from many other editors, including Mark (aka →Raul654), the Fac editor. Please honor our combined hard work & team-effort, and use your "god-like" powers, just once more, before you give them up. Thank you.--GordonWattsDotCom 10:10, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks in advance, 214, for your feedback and efforts.--GordonWattsDotCom 11:22, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

my request for admiship
214, Please support my request for adminship on en.Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/GordonWattsDotCom Thx.--GordonWattsDotCom 15:05, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Oscar Wilde

Wildeism?
One commonly attributed to Wilde is "The General was essentially a man of peace, except of course in his domestic affairs."

Did Wilde say or write this? Is it original?

It's WRITTEN - it's a quote from "The Importance of Being Earnest".

(Technically, as this is a reply, it should be indented.) The quote is "The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life," and is said by Lady Bracknell in the third act of The Importance of Being Earnest. I am not sure if Wilde invented this quote or is merely using it.

The Importance of Being Earnest
Some of the quotes attributed to Wilde as part of "The Importance of Being Earnest" are not in any edition of the play that I have read. Which edition was used for this page?

Clarification: The quotes to which I refer are "Mothers, of course, are all right. They pay a chaps bills and don't bother him. But fathers bother a chap and never pay his bills." (Act 1) and "When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand." (Act 3) Û

Note: Various quotes are sometimes attributed to Oscar Wilde that are actually taken from liberal directors edits made to his plays or from movies based on either Wilde's work, or his life.

 * I added these quotes back in and some others which needed verifying. They are indeed from Earnest but from the four act version which was cut to three acts for performance and the three act version is the one usually printed. MeltBanana 18:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Another Wildeism?
Another commonly attributed to Wilde, semble referring to the "English face" is “Once seen, never remembered.”

Did Wilde say or write this?

 * "Lady Alice Chapman, his hostess's daughter, a dowdy dull girl, with one of those characteristic British faces that, once seen, are never remembered." - Dorian Gray, Ch. 15
 * Hubert ;-) 10:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Wilde quote
The other day I heard this quote: "The most interesting people are men with a future and women with a history". One of Wilde's?
 * "I like men who have a future and women who have a past." Dorian Gray, ch. 15
 * Hubert ;-) 10:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

.... Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
 * "The linkage to Wilde appears to be spurious. The true originator of the quotation remains unknown." https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/06/11/annoy/. Mcljlm (talk) 15:31, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you........... K_M

Those Drapes
I've heard the quote supposedly attributed to Wilde on his deathbed, "Either those drapes go or I do." I'm pretty sure it's an Uncyclopedia internet joke, but I have a friend who is absolutely convinced that it's a real Wilde quote. Is there any evidence of this? It's not on the page, and I honestly have my doubts.

i'm quite sure it was wallpaper.

I've read that his last words were 'Either the drapes go or I do!' in a couple different places.

Wilde said something like "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go." More than enough websites, biographies, and collections say this is an actual quote. (As a sidenote; the wallpaper won, but only the first round.)

A wise professor once told me that Oscar Wilde's last words were "This wallpaper is atrocious either it or I have to go."

I found some information on this on:  Where it sais: The following clarification was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Thursday October 18 2007. Oscar Wilde did not say, on his deathbed, "Either those curtains go or I do." He is reported to have said something along the lines of "this wallpaper will be the death of me - one of us will have to go", but not on his deathbed. Zeptomoon 13:09, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

It was definitely wallpaper and not drapes. There is a photograph of him on his deathbed, taken by a close friend during the last seven years of his life, Maurice Gilbert, in which the despised wallpaper is visible. The picture can be found in Barbara Belford's biography, Oscar Wilde: A Certain Genius.

I have heard that Mr Wilde turned to the atrocious wallpaper (of a particularly gaudy print) and said, " Oh well, one of us have to go..." positive Mr OW meant the wallpaper... and apparently the ugly wallpaper does still stand....

What he actually said was, “This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.” Which is pretty damn funny, and also poignant, since Oscar Wilde — formerly world-renowned poet and playwright — was lying, broke and abandoned by nearly all of his friends, on his deathbed in a cheap hotel in France. But he still got in one last zinger! And “Either this wallpaper goes or I do” is a pretty damn funny thing to say, considering he was dying and in a lot of pain and all. Unfortunately, he said this weeks before he died. Oscar Wilde’s actual last words, as far as we can tell, were part of a mumbled Catholic prayer. (Source: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/famous-last-words-2/)

Work
Work is the curse of the drinking classes

Oscar Wilde

That´s on a birthday card I got yesterday. Worth to add in my opinion.

Kai

Response: I agree that it's a well known quotation often attributed to Wilde, so should be included somewhere on the page. There is some evidence Wilde really said it, even though it wasn't attributed to him until after his death. See Quote Investigator: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/01/12/drinking/

why do we need a quote repeated?
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. Ch. 2

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. Ch. 2

InvisibleSun: can you tell me why we need that repeated? 203.206.217.45 12:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I've corrected my previous error and left a note for the same on your talk page. - InvisibleSun 12:19, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Can anyone verify this one for me?
I just added a quote which I have in a file I keep of favorite quotes: "I'll be a poet, a writer, a dramatist. Somehow or other, I'll be famous, and if not famous, I'll be notorious." a quick web search shows several sites that attribute this to him, one makes mention of a book: Morley, Sheridan. Oscar Wilde. London: Pavillion Books, 1997. I dont have this book, if someone does and can check if the book has a verifiable source for the quote and can update this entry I would appreciate it.

 * I don't have it, but I'll check it out next time I'm at the library. I would say that the details you have at the moment are enough to put in as an attribution. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 23:10, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Aha, finally got time to get to the library, and found the reference (on page 31 in the 1976 first edition, probably the same in the 1997 reprint). The quote actually went on in an even more piquant way. Will now add it to the quotes page. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 20:10, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Another Wilde Quote?
An Oscar Wilde poster I've seen has the quote "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinion, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

Yes, I found this one aswell on Quotationspage.com, the details along with it said it was quoted from De Profundis, 1905. --Parfaitement inutile 05:23, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Rudeness
"A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude." I've seen this attributed to Wilde in more than a couple of places. It's worth running down. --72.70.31.216 07:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

The trouble with Socialism
Another quote frequently attributed to Oscar Wilde: "The trouble with Socialism is that it takes too many evenings."

It's not listed in the article, but it's frequently quoted in other parts of the Web. Did he really say or write this or is it just a myth? --Chrissi 12:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Unsourced America quote
I heard the quote about America going from barbarism to decadence without creating a civilisation in A Good Woman, the Mike Barker film of Lady Windermere's Fan. This does not appear to be in the original play, so maybe it should be ascribed to the screenwriter of A Good Woman, whoever that was...
 * The quote may be found on the page of Georges Clemenceau: "America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization." — As quoted in the Saturday Review of Literature (1 December 1945) - InvisibleSun 22:00, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
Wilde? 68.254.158.22 18:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

lo!
lol i saw lo! in the article and for couple of picoseconds i imagined Wilde saying lol/laughing xD --150.140.227.137 17:26, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi! I think  Jack:  "I am sick to death of cleverness.  Everybody is clever nowadays.  You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people.  The thing has become an absolute public nuisance.  I wish to goodness we had a few fools left." from ...Earnest should be in this collection since it is not only a great quote, it is played twice at the end of the song Rubber Ring by The Smiths (from the album The World won't listen)

"Who, being loved, is poor?"
The internets are lousy with attributions of this quote to Wilde. Is that correct? If not, anyone know who did Italic textsay it? MisterJayEm 18:56, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

- The plays of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 page 86. Hester says it. You can see this source on google books.

Quote sourcing on the web tip
Try to use a proprietary database like LitFinder, if you have access to one. If you're stuck searching the web though, here's a way to improve your chances. Google your phrase or keywords, and add "filetype:pdf". This will exclude all the html web sources like Brainyquote and ThinkExist, which are not rigorously sourced. The resulting pdf files will often be from actual print publications, wherein you will have a better chance of finding a solid source.

A few other quotes of Oscar Wilde
"I can resist everything except temptation."

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

"I have nothing to declare except my genius."

"There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."

"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing."

"All women become like their mother. That's their tragedy. No man does. That's his."

"He felt as if a hand of ice had been laid upon hist heart." (The picture of Dorian Gray)

"Everything popular is wrong"
I was reading Timothy Ferris's "The 4-hour Workweek", and one of the quotes he uses to start a chapter is "Everything popular is wrong.", which he attributes to The Importance of Being Earnest. This was in error however, the precise quote came from a talk he did at the Royal Academy in Westminster.

Meeting with Gide in Algeria
A note on the meeting with André Gide in Algeria in January 1895 (notable especially for the quote “I put all my genius into my life”) – the conversation in question happen in (the capital), as stated in Gide’s journal (quoted in Evangelista, p. 98 – “…when, in Algiers, …”).

However, the travel is potentially a bit confusing (I don’t have Gide’s letters or journal to hand), but AFAICT (Evangelista, p. 97), they met in (a smaller town outside Algiers, the capital) on the 27th, then Gide returned to Algiers the next day (28th, 8 am) – Wilde and Douglas also returned to Algiers, perhaps separately?, they had additional meetings together (most notably on the 30th), then Wilde left for England on the 31st, while Gide and Douglas went (separately) to  (oasis, winter vacation resort) and spent a fortnight there together. Thus, other than the afternoon or evening (and night) of the 27th (meeting in Blida), the entire time that Wilde and Gide spent together (or at least meeting each other) was in Algiers (as was this conversation in question) – however, they initially met in Blida; I’d summarize as “meeting in Blida, conversation in Algiers”. Hope this clarifies matters!
 * —Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 13:11, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

The Decay of Lying
I think that the quote "Art persists, it timelessly continues." doesn't belong to "The Decay Of Lying". Can anyone confirm if I am right and remove the quote, please? (I'm sorry about my english...) Thank you!! --Gimlinu (talk) 22:00, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

 * ✅. Thank you for pointing it out. ~ DanielTom (talk) 19:23, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

"Dreams"
"they've promised that dreams come true but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams too"

I've seen that supposed quote all over the Internet, but I can't seem to find the source. Can someone put me out of my mysery?
 * I added the quote to a just now created "disputed" section. Hopefully one of the website's quote tracking freaks will look into the matter. --Spannerjam (talk) 17:30, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * That quote has absolutely zero hits on GoogleBooks, and so it is highly unlikely that Oscar Wilde ever wrote any such thing. (GoodReads attributes it to him, but cites no sources, and lacks credibility.) ~ DanielTom (talk) 17:39, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * What makes an anonymous post at Goodreads a useful citation? I think the IP above had the right approach: post it on the talk page to be investigated, not in the article. In my opinion, trash found "all over the Internet" should not be included in an article unless and until one finds it attributed or discussed by a notable source, or at least one that could plausibly appear credible. There is no end of nonsense on the internet, and it serves no useful purpose to repeat it here. ~ Ningauble (talk) 16:12, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I guess you are right, since you are more versed in this matter than me. But I believe Goodsreads is a notable source: It is the most famous quotation page after Wikiquote. --Spannerjam (talk) 06:53, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Saying Goodreads is notable is like saying Blogspot and Facebook are notable: the notability of user-generated content sites does not extend to whatever some anonymous user posts there. (Note also that a list of top ranking quotation sites may be found at Alexa, which does not include Goodreads in the category.) Since you seem to be conceding the point, albeit reluctantly, I will go ahead and remove it from the article. ~ Ningauble (talk) 18:19, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken"
Did Oscar Wilde say that? Where?

 * I don't think he said it. (At least it isn't in any of his writings.) It's just another online unsourced attribution to him. ~ DanielTom (talk) 17:09, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

--204.100.180.142 19:26, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

'Actually, he said it to a child who was crying. When he asked why the child said, "I'm nothing like anybody."'

The only difference between a saint and a sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future
It seems to me this is the best argument against capital punishment that I have ever heard. DStanB 19:10 27 August 2013

Unsourced
''Note: A great many misquotations are attributed to Wilde. Please seek to verify the provenance of any quotations you believe should be ascribed to him. Once quote has been sourced, please remove it from this section and place it in the proper area of the "Sourced" section above''.

 * Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

 * It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

 * The only creative thought one can have in an institution is how to get out.

 * A true friend stabs you in the front

 * Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
 * "The linkage to Wilde appears to be spurious. The true originator of the quotation remains unknown." https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/06/11/annoy/. Mcljlm (talk) 15:31, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

 * Bigamy is having a wife too many, monogamy is the same.

 * A lie is the beginning of a new story. That's why we love Art.

 * Buck up and be jolly, my dear lady! Stillbirth is a sign that God has a sense of humour!
 * Notes: It is claimed that Wilde said this upon visiting a London birthing ward and visiting with a distraught mother who had just birthed stillborn twins.

 * My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.
 * Note: Wilde said this in the Left Bank hotel in Paris where he died on November 30, 1900. The wallpaper has also since gone and the room re-furnished in the style of one of Wilde's London flats. See also Famous last words.
 * Sometimes misquoted as "Either that wallpaper goes, or I do".

 * I am dying as I have lived: beyond my means.

 * I don't recognize you - I've changed a lot.

 * I have nothing to declare except my genius.
 * This is one of Wilde's most famous sayings, which he is supposed to have said while passing through a customs checkpoint in New York. However, there is no contemporary evidence for the remark, and the earliest known appearance is Arthur Ransome, Oscar Wilde: A Critical Study (1912), which does not present it as a direct quote. For a detailed analysis see: Nothing To Declare.

 * In every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust.

 * Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.

 * One of the requisites of sanity is to disagree with the majority of the British public.

 * Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Oscar Wilde's The Duchess Of Padua
 * Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
 * Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
 * Quoted by Frank Harris in Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions (1916).

 * I don't want to earn a living; I want to live

 * A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

"Love is a matter of chemistry, sex is a matter of physics."
I've seen this quote attributed to Oscar Wilde on a handful of generic quote database sites, as well as some list-of-the-day sites with famous sayings about love, but when I search for the quote on Google without including Oscar Wilde's name in the search terms, the only attribution that turns up is an Uncyclopedia page. If you dig around, you can find the quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte and some "Nateman" individual, but there's really nothing reliable to back it up. Eventually, I was able to find the first half of the quote "love is a matter of chemistry" in a short story, The Up-To-Date Sorcerer, by Isaac Asimov. Of course, Asimov's quote leaves out the second half about sex and physics, so I'm stumped. Did Isaac Asimov quote Oscar Wilde? Has Asimov's quote been re-used, modified, and misattributed? — 24.22.203.146 23:54, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

The use of 'chemistry' in the sense of interpersonal 'spark' sounds very modern to me - too modern to be from Wilde. 78.149.98.199 22:18, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

what about "Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power?"
it should be written at least in the "misattributed" list--93.66.195.134 14:04, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

 * Right, I was just about to say that, too. - Saibod (talk) 23:01, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

"Looking good and dressing well"
Random people on the internet attribute this quote to Wilde. Is it real? "Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not."

"Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it."
The above quote appears to be making the rounds, misattributed to Wilde. A variation is already documented as a common misattribution, here: Charles_Darwin. Just in case other people come here looking, I thought it worth mentioning, at least on the talk page. JesseW (talk) 04:39, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

“It’s not about what it’s about.”
Is this a real quote of Wilde or spurious / misattributed? MPSchneiderLC (talk) 21:00, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Protection
Please FULLY protect this page. Vandalism from Uncyclopedia users is VERY predictable. 24.68.146.148 22:50, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Sarcasm
"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence" has been attributed to Wilde. Seems like it might be misattributed? 73.149.43.153 18:02, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

journalism Quotes
I added some quotes related to journalism:
 * It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as offensive as the brickbat. They at once sought for the journalist, found him, developed him, and made him their industrious and well-paid servant. It is greatly to be regretted, for both their sakes. Behind the barricade there may be much that is noble and heroic. But what is there behind the leading-article but prejudice, stupidity, cant, and twaddle? And when these four are joined together they make a terrible force, and constitute the new authority.
 * Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891),

 * In the old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press. That is an Improvement certainly. but still it is very bad, and wrong, and demoralising. Somebody - was it Burke? - called journalism the fourth estate. That was true at the time, no doubt. But at the present moment it really is the only estate. It has eaten up the other three. The Lords Temporal say nothing, The Lords Spiritual have nothing to say and the House of Commons has nothing to say and says it. We are dominated by journalism.
 * Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891),

 * In America, the President reigns for four years, and journalism governs for ever and ever. Fortunately, in America journalism has carried its authority to the grossest and most brutal extreme. As a natural consequence it has begun to create a spirit of revolt, people are amused by it, or disgusted by it, according to their temperaments. but it is no longer the real force it was. It is not seriously treated. In England, journalism, except in a few well-known instances, not having been carried to such excesses of brutality, is still a great factor, a remarkable power. The tyranny that it proposes to exercise over people's private lives seems to me to be quite extraordinary.
 * Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891),

 * Here we allow absolute freedom to the journalist and entirely limit the artist. English public opinion, that is to say, tries to constrain and impede and warp the man who makes things that are beautiful in effect, and compels the journalist to retail things that are ugly, or disgusting, or revolting in fact, so that we have the most serious journalists in the world and the most indecent newspapers.
 * Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891),

 * The fact is, that the public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesmanlike habits, supplies their demands
 * Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891),

 * There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.
 * Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II

 * Ernest: But what is the difference between Literature and Journalism? Gilbert: Journalism is unreadable and Literature is not read. That is all.
 * Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist Part I (1891),

 * As for modern Journalism, its not my business to defend it. It justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarest.
 * Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist Part I (1891),

"Sunless garden" quotation
This supposed Wilde quotation appears on many Web pages: "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring." It sounds like twee American self-help. Can anyone confirm that Wilde did NOT in fact say or write this? 2A00:23C5:FE0C:2100:34A1:4214:993D:7568 13:58, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

“I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement."
This quote appears on many websites, but none has a specific source. It is not in The Letters Of Oscar Wilde, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962. I have not been able to search the later Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde.

The Wit of Oscar Wilde, p115, Sean McCann, first published 1969, has the quote but no source.--Kylenano (talk) 22:10, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Always forgive your enemies ...
At 15:31 today I added to "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." under Unsourced "The linkage to Wilde appears to be spurious." from https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/06/11/annoy/. I'm now wondering if it should be it should be added to Section #3 Misattributed. Mcljlm (talk) 22:23, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Deleted comment from this Discussion Page? Why?
Does anyone know why Jan Myšák  (talk | contribs) deleted my suggestion from this Discussion Page? Did s/he find it offensive in some way? Did s/he find that it violated a copyright law? Is s/he an acknowledged Gatekeeper here? Are users even allowed to delete the comments of others if they do not violate any WQ laws? I am stung and want to know what I did that was so wrong:

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On temptation.... ''“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.”''

― Oscar Wilde, Chapter 2, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" - http://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm

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Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 03:18, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

 * @Wordreader Hi, it's a bit tough to say after two years, but I guess it was because of the obscene amount of those equal signs you added. I should've looked at it closer then, but you're free to add the quote again. Sorry for any inconvenience. Best, Jan Myšák (talk) 15:05, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

At the end everything will be good …
… if it isn’t good, it‘s not yet the end

I came across this quote a few times, attributed to Oscar Wilde. But I couldn‘t find a source given. Does someone know more? — Liondancer (talk) 20:34, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

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Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along is a play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and a musical loosely based on it by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth.

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 * Every road has its turning,/that's the way you keep learning.

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 * The worst vice in this world is advice, so I don't give any. - Franklin Shepard

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Robin Hood (1973 film)

Robin Hood is an American animated version of the English legend using animals for the characters. It was released by the Walt Disney Productions on November 8, 1973. The main character is a fox, as is his lover Maid Marian; his foe, Prince John, is a lion, and has a serpent sidekick named Sir Hiss.
 * Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. Produced by Wolfgang Reitherman. Written by Larry Clemmons and Ken Anderson.

What really happened... Taglines

Little John

 * He stands alone on a giant throne, pretending he's the King. A little tyke who's rather like a puppet on a string! And he throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way, And then he calls for Mom, While he's suckin' his thumb You see, he doesn't wanna play. Too late to be known as John the First, He's sure to be known as John the Worst. A pox on that Phony King of England!
 * While he taxes us to pieces and he robs us of our bread King Richard's crown keeps slipping down around that pointed head Ah, but while there is a merry man in Robin's wily pack We'll find a way to make him pay and steal our money back. A minute before he knows we're there, Old Rob'll snatch his underwear...
 * The breezy and uneasy king of England! The snivellin' grovellin', Measly weasly, Blabberin' jabberin', Gibberin' jabberin', Blunderin' plunderin', Wheelin' dealin', Prince John, that phony King of England! Yeah!

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 * Alan A'Dale: [opening lines] Y'know, there's been a heap o' legends and tall tales about Robin Hood. All different too. Well, we folks in the animal kingdom have our own version. It's the story of what really happened in Sherwood Forest...

Dialogue

 * Little John: You know somethin', Robin? You're taking too many chances.
 * Robin Hood: Chances? You must be joking! That was just a bit of a lark, Little John.
 * Little John: Yeah? Take a look at your hat. That's not a candle on a cake.
 * Robin Hood: [regarding the arrow in his hat] Hello! This one almost had my name on it, didn't it? They're getting better, you know. You've got to admit it! They are getting better.
 * Little John: [breaks the arrow in half] Huh, yeah, the next time that sheriff will probably have a rope around our necks! [gags and squeeze his neck as he choke himself] Pretty hard to laugh hanging there, Rob!
 * Robin Hood: Ha! The Sheriff and his whole posse couldn't lift you off the ground. En garde! [shoots the arrow with his hand at Little John's hat in the tree]
 * Little John: [ducks and grabs his hat] Hey, watch it, Rob. That's the only hat I've got.
 * Robin Hood: [laying down in the tree] Oh, come along. You worry too much, old boy.
 * Little John: You know somethin', Robin? I was just wonderin'. Are we good guys or bad guys? You know, I mean, uh, our robbin' the rich to feed the poor.
 * Robin Hood: "Rob"? Tsk, tsk, tsk. That's a naughty word. We never rob. We just sort of borrow a bit from those who can afford it.
 * Little John: Borrow? Huh. Boy, are we in debt.

 * Prince John: One more hiss out of you, eh, er, uh, Hiss, and you are walking to Nottingham.
 * Sir Hiss: [mutters] Snakes don't walk, they slither. Hmph. So there.

 * [Robin Hood and Little John dressed up as gypsies as they see Prince John's royal coach]
 * Little John: Aw, how about that for luck? It's only a circus! A peanut operation!
 * Robin Hood: Peanuts?! Why, you dunce, that's the royal coach! It's Prince John himself!
 * Little John: The prince? Wait a minute, there's a law against robbing royalty. I'll catch you later.
 * Robin Hood: What? And miss this chance to perform before royalty?
 * Little John: [moans] Well, here we go again...
 * [They stepped out of the bushes]
 * Robin Hood: [in his gypsy voice] Oo-de-lally! Oo-de-lally! Fortune tellers!
 * Little John: [holding the crystal ball up high] Fortunes forecast, lucky charms!
 * Robin Hood: Catch the dope, with your horoscope!
 * Prince John: Fortune tellers, how droll. Stop the coach!
 * Sir Hiss: Sssire, sire, they may be bandits.
 * Prince John: Oh, poppycock! Female bandits? What next? Rubbish! [to Robin Hood and Little John] My dear ladies, you have my permission to kiss the royal hands, whichever you like...1st.
 * Robin Hood: Hm. Oh, how gracious... [kisses hand and removes large ring] ...and generous.
 * Sir Hiss: [gasps] Sire. Sire.

 * [Prince John raises his mirror to hit Sir Hiss on the head]
 * Sir Hiss: Ah, ah, ah! Seven years bad...! [the prince hits him, smashing the mirror] Luck. That's what it is. Besides, you broke your mother's mirror.
 * Prince John: [screams] Ahh! Mommy! [dramatically sucks thumb] I've got a dirty thumb. [looks at the camera in sadness as the scene fades out]

 * Mother Rabbit: Oh, you have made his birthday a wonderful one. How can I ever thank you?
 * Robin Hood: I only wish I could do more. [hands her a small bag of gold] Here. And keep your chin up. Soon there'll be happiness in Nottingham again, you'll see.

 * Friar Tuck: Oh, for heaven's sake, son! You're no outlaw! Why, some day you'll be called a great hero!
 * Robin Hood: A hero? You hear that, Johnny? We've just been pardoned!
 * Little John: That's a gas, we ain't even been arrested yet!?

 * Sir Hiss: And you...who might you be, sssir?
 * Little John: I am Sir Reginald, Duke of Chutney. [stuffs Sir Hiss' hat over his mouth] And don't stick your tongue out at me, kid. [to Prince John] And now, your mightiness, allow me to lay some protocol on you. [stops to kiss Prince John's hand]
 * Prince John: [pulls his hand away] No, no, no, forgive me, but I loses more jewels that way. Please sit down.
 * Little John: [sits on Sir Hiss] Thanks, PJ, you can't get a better seat than this, the royal box...hey...what...who? [pulling out Sir Hiss] Oh, uh, excuse me, Buster.
 * Sir Hiss: Buster?! You, sir, have taken my seat!
 * [Prince John and Little John share a laugh]
 * Prince John: Hiss, with you around, who needs a court jester?

 * Little John: You heard his Mightiness! [drops Sir Hiss] Move it, Creepy: get lost! Be gone, Long One.
 * Sir Hiss: [slinks away and mutters to himself] What cheek! "Creepy". "Buster"?! "Long One"?! Who does that dopey duke think he is? [Exits]
 * Alan-a-Dale: Now, he's up to somethin', Friar.
 * Friar Tuck: Yeah, come on.
 * [They follow Sir Hiss]

 * Prince John: Seize him.
 * [Robin Hood is arrested after winning the archery tournament while disguising as a stork]
 * Prince John: I sentence you to sudden, instant, and even immediate death!
 * Maid Marian: Oh, no! [begins to sob] Please. Please sire. I beg of you to spare his life, please have mercy.
 * Prince John: My dear emotional lady, why should I?
 * Maid Marian: Because I love him, your highness.
 * Prince John: Love him? And does this prisoner return your love?
 * Robin Hood: Marian my daring, I love you more than life itself.
 * Prince John: [sincerely] Young love, your pleads have not fallen upon a heart of stone. [tone changes to fierce and determined] But traitors to the crown MUST DIE!
 * Robin Hood: [angrily] Traitor to the crown? That crown belongs to King Richard! LONG LIVE KING RICHARD!
 * The Crowd: LONG LIVE KING RICHARD!
 * Prince John: ENOUGH! I AM KING! KING! KING! Ah! GET YOUR HANDS OFF WITH HIS HEAD!
 * [The drums beat slowly; an Executioner enters]
 * Maid Marian: [sniffing] Oh, no!
 * Prince John: [suddenly] STOP! Executioner, stop! Hold your axe!
 * Little John: [threatening him with a dagger] Okay, big shot, now tell him to untie my buddy, or I'll-
 * Prince John: Sheriff, release my buddy-! I mean, release the prisoner!
 * The Sheriff of Nottingham: [shocked] Unite the prisoner?
 * Lady Cluck: You heard what he said, bushel britches!
 * Prince John: Sheriff, I make the rules! And since I'm head man. [to Little John] Not so hard, you mean thing. [back to the Sheriff] Let him go, for heaven's sakes! LET HIM GO!
 * Lady Cluck: Yee-hee! Love conquers all!
 * [The crowd cheers in relief]

 * Robin Hood: And for our honeymoon? London?
 * Maid Marian: Yes!
 * Robin Hood: Normandy?
 * Maid Marian: Yes!
 * Robin Hood: Sunny Spain?!
 * Maid Marian: Oh, why not?! [giggles]

 * Lady Cluck: And down with that scurrrrvy Prince John!
 * Little John: Yeah! [sings] Oh, the world will sing
 * Of an English king
 * A thousand years from now,
 * And not because
 * He passed some laws
 * Or had that lofty brow.
 * While bonny good King Richard leads the great crusade he's on,
 * We'll all have to slave away for that good-for-nothing John!
 * Incredible as he is inept,
 * Whenever the history books are kept
 * They'll call him the Phony King of England!
 * Friar Tuck: A pox on the Phony King of England!

 * [The Sheriff of Nottingham enters the castle, after collecting all the taxes, to give them to Sir Hiss, "Keeper of the Royal Treasure"]
 * The Sheriff of Nottingham: [singing] ♪ He throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have way. He calls for Mom and sucks his thumb and doesn't want to play. Too late to be known as John the First, he's sure to be known as John the Worst! ♪ [to Sir Hiss] Am I right?
 * Sir Hiss: [chuckles] That's P.J to a "T". Let me try, let me try. [lowers his voice] ♪ Too late to be known as John the 1st, he's sure to be known as John the Worst! ♪
 * [Sir Hiss suddenly sees an angry Prince John peeking behind a door, holding a glass decanter of wine in his hand.]
 * Sir Hiss: [shrivels in fear; gulps] The fabulous, marvelous, merciful, chivalrous!
 * The Sheriff of Nottingham: [seriously] Oh, you've got it all wrong, Hiss. The sniveling, groveling, measly, weaselin'…
 * Prince John: [outraged] ENOUGH!!!
 * [Prince John throws the glass of jug at the Sheriff of Nottingham; it hits the wall and the wine rains down on him.]
 * Sheriff: But, but, sire, it's a big hit. The whole village is singing it.
 * Prince John: [fed up] Oh, they are, are they? Well, they'll be singing a different tune. Double the taxes! Triple the taxes! [grabs Sir Hiss by the neck; angrily staring forward at the Sheriff] SQUEEZE every last drop out of those insolent... [smiling] ...musical peasants.

 * [The Sheriff of Nottingham has just taken the only coin out of the church's Poor Box]
 * Friar Tuck: Now, just a minute, Sheriff! Th-th-th-that's the Poor Box!
 * The Sheriff of Nottingham: It sure is, and I'll take it for poor Prince John. [chuckles] Every little bit helps.
 * The Female Church Mouse: Ooh, you put that back!
 * The Sheriff of Nottingham: And His Majesty also blesses you, little sister.
 * Friar Tuck: You thieving scoundrel!
 * The Sheriff of Nottingham: [reasonably] Now, take it easy, Friar, I'm just doing my duty.
 * Friar Tuck: Collecting taxes for that arrogant, greedy, ruthless, no-good Prince John?!
 * The Sheriff of Nottingham: Listen, Friar, you're mighty preachy and you're gonna preach your neck right into a hangman's noose.
 * Friar Tuck: GET OUTTA MY CHURCH!!! [pushes The Sheriff of Nottingham out] Out! Out! Out! Out! [attacking the Sheriff with a stick] You want taxes? I'll give you taxes!
 * The Male Church Mouse: Give it to him! Give it to him, Friar!
 * [Trigger blinds Friar Tuck with the hood of his coat]
 * The Sheriff of Nottingham: You're under arrest for high treason to the crown! [puts Friar Tuck's head in a shackle]
 * The Female Church Mouse: [horrified] Oh, no. [sniffing]
 * The Male Church Mouse: [comforting her] There, there, Mama.

 * [Prince John and Sir Hiss are at the castle, not yourself today]
 * Sir Hiss: [clear his throat] Sire, if I may- may venture an opinion, you're not your usual cheerful, genial self today. [Prince John scowls at him as he brief his moment] I-I-I know, I know! You haven't counted your money for your days, hmm? It always makes you so happy. [he lifts the money taxes up and down of Prince John's chair; clears his throat] Sire, taxes are pouring in, the jail is full. And, oh, I have good news, sire... Friar Tuck is in jail!?
 * Prince John: FRIAR TUCK?! It's ROBIN HOOD I want, you idiot! Oh, I'd give all my gold if I could just get my hands on- [pauses, turning to Sir Hiss] Did you say Friar Tuck?
 * Sir Hiss: Did I? Y-Y-Yes, I did.
 * Prince John: [having an idea] Ah! Hiss, I have it! I'll use that fat friar as bait to trap Robin Hood.
 * Sir Hiss: Another trap?
 * Prince John: Yes, you stupid serpent. Friar Tuck will be led to the gallows at the village square, don't you see.
 * Sir Hiss: [very shocked] B-B-But, sire! Hang Friar Tuck?! A man of the church?!
 * Prince John: Yes, my reluctant reptile, and when our elusive hero tries to rescue the corpulent cleric... [laughs evilly] ...my men will be ready. [laughs evilly]

 * [Robin Hood finds Little John and looks at the door]
 * Little John: We can't let them hang Friar Tuck.
 * Robin Hood: [taking out his glasses] A jail break tonight is the only chance he's got.
 * Little John: A Jail break! There ain't no way you can get there-
 * Robin Hood: We've got to Johnny... [takes out his beggar hat and looks at the door worried as the scene fades out] Or Friar Tuck dies at dawn.

 * Prince John: [Robin Hood and Skippy mock him after another trap failed] Oh, no! It's so miserably unfair!
 * Sir Hiss: Well, I tried to tell you, but no, no, no. You wouldn't listen. Your traps just never work. And NOW, look what you've done to your mother's castle.
 * Prince John: [notices the castle is burns, horrified] AAAAAGH!!! Mommy!? [sucks his thumb, then loses his temper and starts chasing Hiss around with a plank] Hold still!
 * Sir Hiss: Sire, no!
 * Prince John: You cowardly cobra!
 * Sir Hiss: Please! Oh, no!
 * Prince John: Procrastinating python!
 * Sir Hiss: Mercy!
 * Prince John: [overlapped by Hiss] Aggravating asp!
 * Sir Hiss: Save me! Oooooh!
 * Prince John: You eel in snake's clothin'!
 * Sir Hiss: [flees into the castle with Prince John, still sucking his thumb, in pursuit] Help! He's gone stark raving MAAAAAD!!!!!

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 * Alan-a-Dale: There I thought we'd never get rid of those two rascals! But lucky for us, folks, King Richard returned, and… well, he just straightened everything out.

Taglines

 * What really happened…
 * Meet Robin Hood and his Merry Men-agerie!
 * Join the Merriest Menagerie in the world's best-loved legend.

Cast

 * Robin Hood, a fox—voice: Brian Bedford
 * Maid Marian, a vixen—voice: Monica Evans
 * Little John, a bear—voice: Phil Harris
 * Prince John, a lion—voice: Peter Ustinov
 * Sir Hiss, a snake—voice: Terry-Thomas
 * Sis, a rabbit—voice: Shannen Doherty
 * Sheriff of Nottingham, a wolf—voice: Pat Buttram
 * Friar Tuck, a badger—voice: Andy Devine
 * Lady Kluck, a chicken—voice: Carole Shelley
 * Alan-a-Dale, a rooster—voice: Roger Miller
 * The Captain of the Guard, a crocodile—voice: Candy Candido

title: Robin Hood (1973 film)


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Thank you for your edits and comment on Aristoteles, I am really happy to see you a new contributor who are interested in philosopy! --Aphaia 18:27, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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