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 congress.
— John Adams
that one useless man
is a shame, two is a law firm,
and three or more is a congress.
— John Adams
2. If you don’t read the newspaper
you are uninformed, if you do
read the newspaper you are
misinformed.
you are uninformed, if you do
read the newspaper you are
misinformed.
— Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an idiot. And
suppose you were a member of
Congress. But then I repeat
myself.
suppose you were a member of
Congress. But then I repeat
myself.
— Mark Twain
4. 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
itself into prosperity is like a
man standing in a bucket and
trying to lift himself up by the
handle. –Winston Churchill
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can
always depend on the support of Paul.
always depend on the support of Paul.
— George
Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw
6. 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
great debt to his fellow man, which debt he
proposes to pay off with your money. — G. Gordon
Liddy
7. Giving money and power
to government is like giving
whiskey and car keys to teenage
boys.
—
P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
to government is like giving
whiskey and car keys to teenage
boys.
—
P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
8. 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)
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)
9. I don’t make jokes.
I just watch the government
and report
the facts. —
the facts. —
Will
Rogers
Rogers
10. If you think health care
is expensive now, wait until
you see what it costs when it’s free!
— P. J.
O’Rourke
is expensive now, wait until
you see what it costs when it’s free!
— P. J.
O’Rourke
11. No man’s life, liberty,
or property is safe while
the legislature is in session.
— Mark Twain
(1866)
or property is safe while
the legislature is in session.
— Mark Twain
(1866)
12. Talk is cheap, except when
Congress does it. —
Anonymous
Congress does it. —
Anonymous
13. The inherent vice of capitalism
is the unequal sharing of the blessings
is the unequal sharing of the blessings
.The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal
sharing of misery.
sharing of misery.
—Winston Churchill
14. The only difference between
a tax man and a taxidermist is
that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
—Mark Twain
a tax man and a taxidermist is
that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
—Mark Twain
15. There is no distinctly
Native American criminal class,
save Congress. —
Native American criminal class,
save Congress. —
Mark Twain
16. What this country needs
are more unemployed politicians
—Edward Langley,
Artist (1928-1995)
are more unemployed politicians
—Edward Langley,
Artist (1928-1995)
17. A government big enough to give you
everything you want,
everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have. —
Thomas Jefferson
FIVE BEST SENTENCES
1. You cannot legislate the poor
into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives
without working for, another person
must work for without receiving.
without working for, another person
must work for without receiving.
3. The government
cannot give to anybody anything that
the government does not first take
from somebody else.
cannot give to anybody anything that
the government does not first take
from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply
wealth by dividing it.
wealth by dividing it.
5. When half of the
people get the idea that they do not have to
work, because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the
other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody
else is going to get what they work for, that is
the beginning of the end of any nation.
work, because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the
other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody
else is going to get what they work for, that is
the beginning of the end of any nation.