In my many years I have come to a conclusion that
one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a
government. John Adams
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
government. 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
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)
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 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. Ronald
Reagan
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is
that the taxidermist leaves the skin. Mark Twain
There is
no distinctly Native American criminal class...save government. Mark Twain
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
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones
to public office. Aesop
