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 a newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read a 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 endeavours 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 BC.) 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 tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. Mark Twain There is no distinctly Native American criminal class... save government. 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. Aesop and the best quote of all... The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance. Cicero 55 BC So evidently, weve learned bugger all over the past 2,069 years.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:26:21 +0000
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