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 he proposes to pay off with your 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. —
Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at
7) Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and
car keys to teenage boys. — P.J O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
8) 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) 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)
13) 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.)
14) No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature
is in session. — Mark Twain (1866)
15) Talk is cheap … except when Congress does it. — Unknown
16) The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. — Ronald
Reagan
17) 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
18) The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that
the taxidermist leaves the skin. — Mark Twain
19) The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is
to fill the world with fools. — Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher
(1820-1903)
20) There is no distinctly native American criminal class … save
Congress. — Mark Twain
21) What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. —
Edward Langley, Artist (1928 -1995)
22) A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong
enough to take everything you have. — Thomas Jefferson