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→ L'important dans la vie ce n'est point le triomphe, mais le combat, l'essentiel ce n'est pas d'avoir vaincu mais de s'être bien battu.
"The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle, the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."

(for the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, 12 August 2012). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:44, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 12, 2012 (4 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

→ When Johnny comes marching home again…

For September 3 2012 (1651: the Battle of Worcester marks the end of the English Civil War). benzband (talk) 15:18, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/September 3, 2012 (4 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

I need to find links for this but this is my nomination for July 27th 2012 - the start of the London Olympics. Most of these words will be used in an area of the Olympic Park called Ulysses Square (not the one in Jacksonville, US). Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 16:21, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

  • Great Idea, thank you so very much, Simply south. It now needs links. What about using "The Isles of Wonder"? It's more simple and it could be linked to Wikipedia, but, in this very special case, I wish we could make an exception and link it to 2012 Summer Olympics directly (in any case, the arrow link will surely link to it). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:16, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

→ Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

That second line is tricky though :) benzband (talk) 18:31, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit 0C) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:41, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Edit 0A (for the 27th of July 2012 ~ Opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics) per benzband. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:39, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit 0C) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:41, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Edit 0B (for the 27th of July 2012 ~ Opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics) with some small changes. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:39, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit 0C) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:41, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Edit 0C, with WP:Missing Wikipedians per AndieM. benzband (talk) 12:13, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 27, 2012 (per WP:SNOW) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:41, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

→ The Isles of Wonder

Edit 1 (for the 27th of July 2012 ~ Opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:39, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit 0C) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:41, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death.

For July 14, 2012-or-2013 (Bastille Day) ~ Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities (1859). benzband (talk) 16:40, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; — the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine! —Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

Storming of the Bastille
 
The citizens of Paris had the heads of the French Guards on 14 July 1789. Building of this fortification commenced in 1369 during the reign of Charles V. Hugues Aubriot, a native of Dijon and Provost of Paris, laid the first stone. Construction was completed in 1382. It was built as one of the structures to imprison people under the pretext of heresy. It was liberated by the Parisians during the troubles that agitated the capital and carried on through the country.
 
This is how the traitors were punished.

no Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:35, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; — the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!

Edit 1. benzband (talk) 16:40, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 14, 2012 (per WP:SNOW) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:35, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

→ You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

For the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26th June 2012. Maybe a better link can be found… benzband (talk) 15:09, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 26, 2012 (per WP:SNOW) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:31, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Normal nominations

→ The art of quoting is the art of those who cannot think for themselves.

François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778). A bit of self-promotion can't hurt. benzband (talk) 13:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 30, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 11:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

→ The art of quoting is the art of those who cannot think for themselves.

Edit 1, with copyright violations. benzband (talk) 13:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favor of the original). benzband (talk) 11:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

→ It's not the votes that count. It's who counts the votes.

Stalin. —HueSatLum 00:33, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favor of Edit 1). benzband (talk) 11:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

→ It's not the votes that count. It's who counts the votes.

Edit 1. Alternative propositions for the second link: WP:CLOSE, WP:POLL, WP:FALSECON. benzband (talk) 10:16, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 29, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 11:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

→ I never apologise. I'm sorry but that's just the way I am.

Difficultly north (talk) 13:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 28, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:38, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

→ There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

Homer. benzband (talk) 14:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:36, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

→ There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

Edit 1 ~ with WP:BREAK. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:12, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 27, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:36, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

→ When frustrations build
clicking on the star
Brings one closer to WikiNirvana

User quote (diff). benzband (talk) 08:35, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:29, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

→ When frustrations build
clicking on the star
Brings one closer to WikiNirvana

Edit 1. benzband (talk) 08:35, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 26, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:29, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

French soldier in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). benzband (talk) 12:33, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 25, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673). benzband (talk) 13:59, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

no Declined in favor of edit 1. benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.

Edit 1 with WP:POT. benzband (talk) 11:32, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 24, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Help you I can, yes.

Thought i'd add one after reading the guideline against Yoda quotes benzband (talk) 15:11, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 23, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius (551-476 BC). benzband (talk) 09:05, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 22, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). benzband (talk) 13:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 20, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Fun is good.

Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991). benzband (talk) 13:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 21, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ I kid you not.

Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny. benzband (talk) 20:42, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 19, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Any fool can use a computer. Many do.

Ted Nelson (1937—). benzband (talk) 14:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 18, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Any fool can use a computer. Many do.

Edit 1. benzband (talk) 14:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

no Declined in favor of edit 1. benzband (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ The Internet? Is that thing still around?

The other Homer. benzband (talk) 14:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The greatest one ~ lol –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:14, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 17, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ The Internet? Is that thing still around?

Edit 0A (including the opposite point of view) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:37, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

no Declined in favor of the original. benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ The Internet? Is that thing still around?

Edit 0B (modified first link). benzband (talk) 10:59, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

no Declined in favor of the original. benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ The Internet? Is that thing still around?

Edit 1: some WikiProject publicity… benzband (talk) 14:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

What's the difference? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:14, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Oops. (fixed) benzband (talk) 14:04, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

no Declined in favor of the original. benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power.

Marianne Williamson (1952—). Preceded by "In our natural state, we are glorious beings"; but i couldn't find a good link. benzband (talk) 12:33, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 16, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695). benzband (talk) 12:33, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

no Declined in favor of edit 1. benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Edit 1 - I think this might be a more appropriate link; it maintains the same basic point, without publically calling out a specific individual. Nutiketaiel (talk) 13:24, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 15, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ L'amour est enfant de Bohême, il n'a jamais, jamais connu de loi

And since mottos given in foreign languages always have translations, but that would make the heading very long: (Love is a gypsy's child, it has never, never known the law) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 22:48, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 14, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) and changed attribution to Habanera (aria) and added translation. benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Printers have persecuted me without a cause.

The Printers' Bible, so called because David in Psalm 119:161 complains that "printers have persecuted me without a cause" instead of "princes". benzband (talk) 09:13, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

no Declined in favor of edit 1. benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Printers have persecuted me without a cause.

Edit 1, with wp:typo. benzband (talk) 09:13, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

recycle Reopened (both versions) (not enough discussion) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:18, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 13, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed). benzband (talk) 14:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Aw, come on gravity… You used to be cool.

Homer Simpson. benzband (talk) 09:27, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 11, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:02, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

→ It's cool to go places where working people are happy.

Neil Young (1945—). benzband (talk) 09:27, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 10, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:59, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

→ With my good eye on the beat

The Only Band That Matters in "Revolution Rock". Pun on the music beat/walking the beat. benzband (talk) 18:05, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 9, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:57, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Remember that all is opinion.

Meditations, Book II, p. 15. —HueSatLum 16:09, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit ) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:53, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Remember that all is opinion.

Edit 1 with a link to Meditations. —HueSatLum 14:39, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved (edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 8, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:53, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

→ The internet is an elite organization.

Noam Chomsky. benzband (talk) 14:48, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

The internet is an élite organization; most of the population of the world have never made even made a phone call. —Noam Chomsky in the Observer (1996)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 7, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:29, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

Hubbard is back again. benzband (talk) 09:00, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 6, 2012 (3 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 13:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Wir leben immer in einer Welt, die wir uns selbst bilden.
"We live in a world we ourselves create."

There are a couple other links (WP:EDIANS, WP:DEV) that would work as well. —HueSatLum 01:47, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 5, 2012 (3 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 13:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

If I want your opinion, I'll ask for it.

If anyone has a better link, you can change mine. AutomaticStrikeout (talk) 20:48, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 4, 2012 (3 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 13:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

→ An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made.

 —HueSatLum 20:43, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 3, 2012 (3 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 13:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

→ War is hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman in a 1879 speech at the Michigan Military Academy. —HueSatLum 21:46, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Facepalm Facepalm  —HueSatLum 21:02, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 2, 2012 (3 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 13:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Hardware, n.: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.

Who to attribute this to? benzband (talk) 14:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

to the angry German kid, of coursee ~ ROTFLMAO. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:10, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
LOL benzband (talk) 13:49, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 1, 2012 (3 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 13:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

→ Beware of the false teachers — men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.

From the Gospel of Matthew as in the Weymouth New Testament. benzband (talk) 18:46, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 31, 2012 (3 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 13:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

→ By his disobedience of God's law, Adam lost everything for himself.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942). Trimmed down. benzband (talk) 13:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 30, 2012 (3 in support, 0 against). benzband (talk) 13:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

→ The sea! The sea!

Xenophon in Anabasis. benzband (talk) 17:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 26, 2012 Ankit MaityTalkContribs 11:38, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy!

Ms Frizzle. Simply south...... always punctual, no matter how late for just 6 years 17:43, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 25, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:33, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

→ I have seen of the street

Simply south...... always punctual, no matter how late for just 6 years 09:06, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 24, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:32, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Robert De Niro's waiting, talking Italian

Simply south...... always punctual, no matter how late for just 6 years 18:35, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 23, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:30, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

→ This is english up with which i will not put.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965). benzband (talk) 14:39, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 22, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:29, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

→ The better part of valour is discretion.

Falstaff in Shakespeare's in Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597), Act V, Scene IV. benzband (talk) 13:59, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 21, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

→ The better part of valour is discretion.

Edit 1. benzband (talk) 13:59, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

→ The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.

See above. benzband (talk) 08:32, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 20, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:24, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Everyone is part-gnome

Simply south...... always punctual, no matter how late for just 6 years 15:50, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 19, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:01, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Livery - Like a liver

Simply south...... always punctual, no matter how late for just 6 years 18:31, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 18, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:59, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

I came, I saw vandalism, I reverted it and warned the vandal

I'm not sure what links I should add, if any. AutomaticStrikeout (talk) 20:36, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit ) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:57, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

→ I came, I saw vandalism, I reverted it and warned the vandal

Edit 1, i have proposed some links and added an attribution link ("→") assuming you, AutomaticStrikeout, are the author :-) benzband (talk) 17:11, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 17, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:57, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

→ We really have everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) in The Canterville Ghost (1887). benzband (talk) 08:27, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

recycle Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:11, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

  • Support. Simply south...... always punctual, no matter how late for just 6 years

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 16, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:46, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Rattle his bones over the stones;
He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns!

Thomas Noel (1799-1861) in The Pauper's Drive (1841). benzband (talk) 08:27, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

recycle Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:11, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 15, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:38, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

→ A government of laws, and not of men.

John Adams in the Boston Gazette n°7 (1774). benzband (talk) 08:27, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

recycle Reopened = no consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:11, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 14, 2012 Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 29, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:37, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

→ Thomas Jefferson once said.

Ronald Reagan trying to justify himself. benzband (talk) 10:36, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

no Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:35, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

→ He told me that.

Edit 1, with a different excerpt of the sentence. benzband (talk) 08:28, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

  • Both versions are not very meaningful (IMHO, of course). The first sentence is unfinished, while the second has subject and object ("he" and "that") that are both undefined, or it is unfinished again ("that"...). But. I really like the link to WP:JIMBOSAID. What about using: "Argumentum ad Jimbonem", "Argumentum Jimbini", or "Argumentum Jimboni" directly? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:35, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Argumentum ad Jimbonem

Edit 2, per pjoef from the [gramatically incorrect, :D] lead. benzband (talk) 10:44, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

recycle Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:11, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 13, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:35, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

→ It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Winston Churchill. benzband (talk) 10:36, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

no Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:31, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

→ It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Edit 1, with "consensus". benzband (talk) 10:36, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

recycle Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:11, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 12, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:31, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

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