Maybe a president who didn’t believe our soldiers were going to heaven might be a little less willing to get them killed.
BILL MAHERHave you ever met a war you didn’t love? I’m asking, is there any place you don’t want to intervene in?
More Bill Maher Quotes
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I think what’s dangerous is the idea that someone can wash away your sins.
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I don’t say that I’m an atheist. I don’t like that term, because I think it mirrors the certitude of religion. I say I don’t know. And if you don’t know – and you don’t – just man up and say you don’t know. Don’t turn to silly stories and ancient myths.
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Based on every statement I’ve heard out of any Republican in the last two years, the Israelis are controlling our government.
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Who takes care of their people better? FEMA or Hezbollah?
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In Europe, Socialism is just another political party. It just means that government takes over certain things like hospitals, prisons, military and schools that should not be run for profit.
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The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They’re supposed to question authority, not question those who question authority.
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In America, you’re allowed to justify almost any kind of bigotry, sexism, or intolerance if you source it to God’s big book of bad ideas.
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America is like a dog. I’m sorry, but it is. It cannot understand actual words. It understands inflection. It understands fear. But you can’t actually explain issues to a dog.
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The Drug War is an addiction, really.
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Trusting the government to monitor your calls without listening. It’s kind of like trusting Chris Christie to pick up the McDonald’s and not eat the fries on the way home.
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If it weren’t for acid, you might not have an IPod, and you definitely would not have some of the best music in your IPod.
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What is it with conservatives? Seriously, I’m not trying to be partisan but it seems like if they’re anti-illegal alien, they have illegal aliens working for them. If they’re anti-gay, they turn out to be gay. If they’re super Christian, they’re a witch.
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Religion is detrimental to the progress of society.
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Things aren’t right. If a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot him, he can sue you. For what, restraint of trade?
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During the Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn’t have time to sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressing problems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.
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We don’t really have to make fun of religion – it makes fun of itself.
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Only a Bush could answer a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question two different ways and be wrong both times.
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The true axis of evil in America is the brilliance of our marketing combined with the stupidity of our people.
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To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.
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I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?
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Like it or not, we’re still a primitive tribe ruled by fears, superstition and misinformation.
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I feel terrible for a Palestinian child who dies. But, if it’s your father, your brother or your uncle who was firing those rockets into Israel, whose fault is it really? Do you really expect the Israelis not to retaliate?
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There’s a phrase we live by in America: “In God We Trust”. It’s right there where Jesus would want it: on our money.
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You can’t pray away global warming, and that’s the difference between religious people and sane people.
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Faith means the purposeful suspension of critical thinking. It’s nothing to be admired.
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Don’t get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.
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