History quiz

[Originalist]

History quiz.....

Six trivia questions to see how much history you really know. Be honest, it's kinda fun and revealing. If you don't know the answer make your best guess. Answer all of the questions (no cheating) before looking at the answers.
And no, the answers to these questions isn't all "Barack Obama".
Who said it?

1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above

2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...... And to replace it with shared responsibility, for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above

3) "(We).....can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Joseph Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above


4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong II
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above

5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above

6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above

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Answers
(1) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005

[Jito463]

I'm shocked and astounded....okay, I can't do that with a straight face. I'm honestly not in the least bit surprised. Disturbed and worried, but not surprised.

[KeptByTheWord]

Scary!

[shazeep]

Why scary? Admittedly some of the quotes are ambiguous on the surface, but if she is aiming at, say, a robinhood-tax like scenario, i would think the common man would be thrilled? Personally, i don't buy the rhetoric--sounds like pre-election blather to me!

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by shazeep

Why scary? Admittedly some of the quotes are ambiguous on the surface, but if she is aiming at, say, a robinhood-tax like scenario, i would think the common man would be thrilled? Personally, i don't buy the rhetoric--sounds like pre-election blather to me!

The common man would only be thrilled by such a "Robbing Hood" proposal if he was tricked into believing it was something good for him.

Almost 50% of workers pay ZERO income tax. BTW Robin Hood portrays government as the thief, not the rich.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Anyone can take the quotes of a well-meaning person out of context and do what you've just done to Mrs. Clinton.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Anyone can take the quotes of a well-meaning person out of context and do what you've just done to Mrs. Clinton.

Anyone can make false assumptions, as you just did.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Originalist

Anyone can make false assumptions, as you just did.

What false assumption(s) have I made?

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

What false assumption(s) have I made?

That i'm taking her quotes out of context.

[aegsm76]

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"