Great Timeless Truths In my many years, I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a government. John Adams If you dont 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 government. 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 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. ORourke, 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) I dont 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 its free! P.J. ORourke 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 doesnt mean politics wont take an interest in you! Pericles (430 B.C.) No mans life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. Mark Twain (1866) Talk is cheap...except when government does it. Anonymous The government is like a babys alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. Ronald Reagan The only difference between a taxman and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. 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 We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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