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Reflections of Great Minds on Government.
1) Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself. ... Mark Twain
2) 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
3) A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul. ............... George Bernard Shaw
4) A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which
debt he proposes to pay off with their money. ............ G. Gordon
Liddy
5) Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner. ......... James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
6) 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
7) 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)
9) 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)
10) I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
............... Will Rogers
11) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free. ......... P. J. O'Rourke
12) If you want government to 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, Former Editor of the National Review (1995)
13) In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as
possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. ........
Voltaire (1764)
14) 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.)
15) No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is
in session. .... Mark Twain (1866)
16) Talk is cheap . except when Congress does it. ...... Unknown
17) The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. ........ Ronald
Reagan
1 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
19) The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin. Mark Twain
20) The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools. ..... Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher
(1820-1903)
21) There is no distinctly native American criminal class .... save
Congress. ...... Mark Twain
22) What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. .......
Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
23) A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong
enough to take everything you have. ........ Thomas Jefferson, Founding
Father and American Revolutionary
1) Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself. ... Mark Twain
2) 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
3) A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul. ............... George Bernard Shaw
4) A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which
debt he proposes to pay off with their money. ............ G. Gordon
Liddy
5) Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner. ......... James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
6) 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
7) 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 tolive at the expense of everybody else. ........... Frederic Bastiat,
French Economist (1801-1850)
9) 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)
10) I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
............... Will Rogers
11) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free. ......... P. J. O'Rourke
12) If you want government to 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, Former Editor of the National Review (1995)
13) In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as
possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. ........
Voltaire (1764)
14) 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.)
15) No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is
in session. .... Mark Twain (1866)
16) Talk is cheap . except when Congress does it. ...... Unknown
17) The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. ........ Ronald
Reagan
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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of theblessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of
misery. .... Winston Churchill
19) The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin. Mark Twain
20) The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools. ..... Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher
(1820-1903)
21) There is no distinctly native American criminal class .... save
Congress. ...... Mark Twain
22) What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. .......
Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
23) A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong
enough to take everything you have. ........ Thomas Jefferson, Founding
Father and American Revolutionary
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