| 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 it costs when it's free. ........P.J. O'Rourke |
In general, the art of government consists
of taking as much money as
possible fom 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 |