"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do
read the newspaper you are misinformed."
- Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of
Congress....But then I repeat myself.
- Mark Twain
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like
a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the
handle. -Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on
the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which
debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
-G Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner.
- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in
rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car
keys to teenage boys.
- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else.
- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few
short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.
And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
- Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the
facts. - Will Rogers
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what t
costs when it's free!
-P.J. O'Rourke
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as
possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
-Voltaire (1764)
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean
politics won't take an interest in you!
- Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in
session. - Mark Twain (1866 )
Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.
- Unknown
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite
at one end and no responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings.
The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
- Winston Churchill
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that
the taxidermist leaves the skin.
- Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools.
- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save
Congress. - Mark Twain
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians
- Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
A government big enough to give you everything you
want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
- Thomas Jefferson
