Mentally Retarded Quotes

• But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Simple, Merit, Retarded

  "The Age of Uncertainty". Book by John Kenneth Galbraith. Chapter 12, p. 328, 1977.

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• Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded.

  Tom G. Palmer

  Children, Differences, Insane

  Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.35, Cato Institute

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• Dee Dee Dee dosen't mean mentally retarded. It means stupid. This song goes out to all the stupid people out there. Your gonna find this song hilarious, and you don't even know it's about you.

  Carlos Mencia

  Song, Stupid, Mean

  "Mind of Mencia". Sketch-comedy Series, 2005-2008.

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• What an incredible thing! How much less they had than other human beings. Mentally retarded, deaf, mute - and still eagerly sanding benches.

  Daniel Keyes

  Benches, Incredibles, Deaf

  Daniel Keyes (2012). “Flowers For Algernon”, p.142, Hachette UK

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• When a mentally retarded child is born, the religious question we often ask is, "Why does God let this happen?" The better question to pose is to ask, "What kind of community should we be so that mental retardation isn't a barrier to the enjoyment of one's full humanity?"

  Harold S. Kushner

  Religious, Children, Community

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• If the president finds time to help the mentally retarded, what are you doing that's so important? [Written underneath:] Working to get them out of Washington.

  Robert Reisner

  Government, Important, President

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• Bobby Kennedy and Nelson Rockefeller are having a row, ostensibly over the plight of New York's mentally retarded, a loose definition of which would include everyone in New York who voted for Bobby Kennedy or Nelson Rockefeller.

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  New York, Plight, Definitions

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