I can't prove you are a Communist. But when I see a bird that quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, has feathers and webbed feet and associates with ducks-I'm certainly going to assume that he is a duck.

Emil Mazey

More information about this quote

Topic

Communism

Speaker

Emil Mazey

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Labor leader

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mazey, Emil. Spoken at labor meeting of the United Automobile Workers. Labor meeting. 1946, Detroit, MI, USA.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Emil Mazey about communism: “I can't prove you are a Communist. But when I see a bird that quacks like…”
Download
A quote by Emil Mazey about communism: “I can't prove you are a Communist. But when I see a bird that quacks like…”
Download
A quote by Emil Mazey about communism: “I can't prove you are a Communist. But when I see a bird that quacks like…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1940s

Owe your banker 1,000 and you are at his mercy; owe him 1 million and the position is reversed.

John Maynard Keynes

More information about this quote
Topic
Debt Finance

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. Memo circulated to British War Cabinet. 15 May 1945.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "Overseas Financial Policy in Stage III (1945)." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016.

Another quote from 1946

A lot depends on who's in the saddle.

The Big Sleep

Watch The Big Sleep at Amazon Watch The Big Sleep at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Sex
Speaker
Vivian Rutledge
Actor
Lauren Bacall
Source
The Big Sleep
Medium
Film
Genre
Film noir Crime (film) Crime
Statement Type
Sexual innuendo
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Big Sleep. Directed by Howard Hawks, Warner Bros., 1946.