Michel Templet Quotes & Sayings

The greatest gift you can ever give is yourself. — Michel Templet

With each passing day, I become more and more convinced that the greatest threat to American freedom is the United States government. — Michel Templet

Is it morally acceptable to murder one hundred innocent people in the process of catching a serial killer who has murdered ten people? If you think World War II was justified, your answer should be yes. — Michel Templet

Having been to war myself, I do not understand why so many people are so in love with it. — Michel Templet

We have a problem when the same people who make the law get to decide whether or not they themselves have broken the law. — Michel Templet

The world would be a far better place if more people listened to the wisdom of Hawkeye Pierce. — Michel Templet

Barack Obama is an even worse president than George W. Bush, because an evil bastard who knows what he's doing is far more dangerous than an evil bastard who doesn't have a clue. — Michel Templet

There is no such thing as a victimless crime, and people should be allowed to do as they please with their own bodies and with other consenting adults. If you believe otherwise, then you are an enemy of freedom. — Michel Templet

The Catholic Church made a serious mistake when they started caring about how many people are in the pews. — Michel Templet

We live in a nation where education and free thought are tantamount to treason, and I have to ask, under these circumstances, is treason such a bad thing? — Michel Templet

The United States has never done away with slavery; we just stopped calling it such. These days, we call it free-market capitalism. — Michel Templet

Any ideology that places more emphasis on winning converts than on sound philosophy is sadly misguided. By this reasoning, all of our political parties and most of our religions are sadly misguided. — Michel Templet

The universe seems to be a lot like a car or a computer, in that it's designed to be user-friendly, which doesn't necessarily require the user to have a clue what's going on under the hood. — Michel Templet

I absolutely hate the way the United States glorifies its military and its wars. Real heroes fight for peace. — Michel Templet

My therapist told me that I over-analyze everything. I explained to him that he only thinks this because of his unhappy relationship with his mother. — Michel Templet

If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it? — Michel Templet

The idea that war can ever bring freedom is quite possibly the greatest deception that mankind has ever forced upon himself. — Michel Templet

Jersey Shore has killed more brain cells than alcohol, cocaine, and meth combined. — Michel Templet

Why is it acceptable to do such horrible things in the name of staying alive? Would it not have been better had I died with my innocence intact? — Michel Templet

Obama's plan for "change": Let's do everything Bush did, only with more suck! Because it just didn't suck badly enough the first time! — Michel Templet

It requires an act of extreme arrogance to think that we can - through God or science - learn even the most fundamental secrets of the universe. To say as much claims that we are somehow greater than the universe in which we live, its masters, when in fact it is master of us. — Michel Templet

Presenting a rational argument to a person who has forsaken the use of reason is like asking a vegetarian to eat a cheeseburger. — Michel Templet

Freedom, democracy, and socialism can only ever exist together; it is impossible to have any one without the other two. — Michel Templet

If I went on a killing spree that left thousands of people dead, I'd be branded as the worst kind of criminal. So why it is okay for the government to do exactly that? — Michel Templet

I find it significant that most of the people who believe in just war have never fought in one; examples: Barack W. Bush and George H. Obama. — Michel Templet

Doing nothing is even worse than doing the wrong thing. — Michel Templet

One of the (many) problems with government is not that power corrupts or even that it is magnetic to corruptible people; rather, it is that we have been conditioned to tolerate corruption in power, and so we don't even try to hold our politicians accountable. — Michel Templet

Why am I a socialist? Simple: Because I believe in freedom. — Michel Templet

Love is my philosophy, and my philosophy is love. — Michel Templet

I question the moral integrity of anyone who says they have no regrets. — Michel Templet

The most important lesson I have ever learned is that I haven't learned anything. — Michel Templet

If people don't want you to question something, that probably means you should question it. — Michel Templet

Quite possibly the only infinite power in the universe may be the human capacity for self-deception. — Michel Templet

General assumptions often lead to erroneous conclusions, but one cannot go far wrong in always assuming that whatever one's government is saying is a lie. — Michel Templet

It is the moral duty of every US voter to guarantee that Barack Hussein Obama is a one-term president. — Michel Templet

I think we can all agree that the official language of the United States should be Latin. — Michel Templet

Presidents are not elected anymore; they are hired. — Michel Templet

Between George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the US Constitution is no longer worth the paper it's written on. — Michel Templet

True love means knowing that your love may never be returned, and loving all the more because of it. — Michel Templet

Anyone who (dis)likes G. W. Bush, but (dis)likes B. H. Obama, is either completely delusional or a complete idiot. — Michel Templet

When you get right down to it, militaries are essentially legalized mafias. — Michel Templet

David Vitter is a perfect case-study to demonstrate that Louisiana voters lack brains. — Michel Templet

The greatest obstacle to human liberty is that the vast majority of people do not wish to be free. — Michel Templet

In a truly moral society, most of our current laws would not exist. — Michel Templet

I find it significant that most military veterans become pacifists. — Michel Templet

It seriously irks me when people mistake Ron Paul for a libertarian. The man is as much a libertarian as Barack Obama is a liberal. — Michel Templet

To speak only one language is to do yourself a great injustice. — Michel Templet

Every adversity is just another opportunity to excel a little more. — Michel Templet

There is no such thing as a "war hero", because there is nothing about war that is heroic. — Michel Templet

Always remember, if you have been diagnosed with PTSD, it is not a sign of weakness; rather, it is proof of your strength, because you have survived! — Michel Templet

The question deserves to be asked: Is hating one's nation really such a bad thing? Or perhaps more importantly, after the crimes our government has committed, what moral self-respecting person can truly love this nation? — Michel Templet

If you vote for Barack Obama in 2012, you'll be doing exactly what the Republicans want you to do. — Michel Templet