Reflections of Great Minds on Government.
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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. ... Mark Twain
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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
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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. ............... George Bernard Shaw
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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
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Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. ......... James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
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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
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ........ P. J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
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Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. ........... Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
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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)
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I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. ............... Will Rogers
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If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. ......... P. J. O'Rourke
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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)
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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)
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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.)
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No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. .... Mark Twain (1866)
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Talk is cheap . except when Congress does it. ...... Unknown
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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 the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. .... Winston Churchill
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The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. Mark Twain
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. ..... Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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There is no distinctly native American criminal class .... save Congress. ...... Mark Twain
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What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. ....... Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
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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