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From: R.P.
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But, I
repeat myself. -- Mark Twain
We 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 society, which 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 from poor people in rich
countries to rich people in poor countries. -- Douglas Casey, Classmate of
W.J.Clinton
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
If you want government t o intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist. -- Joseph Sobran, Editor of the National Review (1995)
The art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one
party of 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 are 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 ill the
world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress. -- Mark Twain
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you darn well
please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the
consequences. -- P.J. O'Rourke (1993)
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -- Edward Langley,
Artist 1928-1995
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first thing to be
bought and sold are legislators. -- P.J. O'Rourke
----- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/
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