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The discussion: >>>> I think it was Ben Franklin that said "If you are 20 and not a >>>> socialist, you have no heart. If you are 30 and still a socialist >>>> you have no brains." Or something like that.... >>> I hate to be pedantic (ok... I admit it I like being pedantic), but I >>> think your quote may be wrong. Socialism, I believe, was defined >>> by Karl Marx (b 1818). I don't think he and Ben Franklin occupied the >>> planet at the same time. >> I seem to recall hearing that it was Roosevelt who said it. And it was >> about being a liberal or a democrat I think, If you are 20 and not a >> democrat/liberal then you have no heart, if you are over 20 and are a >> democrat/liberal then you have no brain. > I think it was Franklin, Roosevelt was a democrat. The resolution: "A man who isn't a socialist at 20 has no heart, and a man who is a socialist at 40 has no head." Aristide Briand. (1862-1932), French statesman, founder of the Socialist newspaper L'Humanité. Became prime minister for the first of 11 times in 1909. As foreign minister he was the chief architect of the Locarno Pact (1925), which guaranteed the borders of Belgium, France, and Germany. He also drew up the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) and shared the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize. Well, I guess there were no winners today, but thank you for playing 'What's that quote'. Tomorrow's jackpot goes up another $.02! +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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