"In my many years I have come to a conclusion, ...
that one useless man is a shame,
two [useless men] is a law firm and three or more [useless men] is a government."
~John
~John
Adams "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do
read the newspaper you are misinformed." (Would the Observer qualify?)~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
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
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."~
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,
whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."~P.J. O'Rourke,
Civil Libertarian "Government is the great fiction,
through which everybody endeavours to
live at the expense of everybody else."~Frederic
live at the expense of everybody else."~Frederic
French economist(1801-1850)
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and
report the facts." ~Will Rogers
report the facts." ~Will Rogers
"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)
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.)
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)
legislature is in session."~Mark Twain (1866)
"Talk is cheap...except when government does it."~Anonymous
"The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other."~
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
the taxidermist leaves the skin."~Mark Twain
"What this country needs are more unemployed
politicians."~Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
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
is strong enough to take everything you have."
~Thomas Jefferson
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public
office."~Aesop
office."~Aesop
"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what
it costs when it's free!"~P.J. O'Rourke
