Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
*~H.L. Mencken * 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 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 * A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. *~Thomas Jefferson * “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* Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. *~Douglas Casey, * 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)*T The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal: 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)* -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~~ J O N ~~ ~~~~~~~~~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WebTV Dawgs/Dittos" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/WebTV-Pals -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
