Timely quotes

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Some wise words never go out of style . . .

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

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 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. 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

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

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

fill the world with fools.

-Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

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

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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner.

Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

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A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong

enough to take everything you have.

-Thomas Jefferson

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