"When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap,……" — Mort Walker
"When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions."
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16 Quotes by Mort Walker
Mort Walker has 16 quotes on this site.
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Life is like a game of chess...there are many moves possible, but each move determines your next move...where you wind…
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You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense…
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When I draw, I rule the world.
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I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.
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I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with…
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Everything I know, I write about. My only research is what I did.
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The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought…
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At one time Tribune Syndicate emptied out their storeroom. They put tables full of original cartoons down in the lobby…
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Some people will do schlock or anything, just to get their name on it.
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When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey…
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You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in…
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Seven days without laughter makes one weak.
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More Banned Quotes
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Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a…
— Brigitte Bardot
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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
— Tori Amos
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[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.
— Auguste Piccard
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I, like almost all chemists I know, was also attracted by the smells and bangs that endowed chemistry with that…
— Unknown Author
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Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the…
— Jung Chang
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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor…
— Alfred Whitney Griswold
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I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at…
— Ernie Els
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Killing for pleasure is wrong and should be banned. Fox hunting, stag hunting and hare coursing are moral issues. It…
— Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison
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The noble Lord, Lord Harrison, said, 'Fox hunting is cruel and I therefore want it banned.' He went on to…
— Unknown Author
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If I could have banned them all...I would have!
— Dianne Feinstein
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What good does it do to ban some guns. All guns should be banned.
— Howard Metzenbaum
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