Thoughts on the Federal Government
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:31 pm
I like these.
1. 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
2. If you don't read the newspaper, 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.
-- 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
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul.
-- George 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
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner.
-- James Bovard
8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in
rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
-- Douglas Casey
9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys
to teenage boys.
-- P.J. O'Rourke
10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else.
-- Frederic Bastiat
11. 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
12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-- Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free.
-- P.J. O'Rourke
14. 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
15. 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.)
16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in
session.
-- Mark Twain
17. Talk is cheap... except when Congress does it.
-- Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite
at one end and no responsibility at the other.
-- Ronald Reagan
19. 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
20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin.
-- Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer
22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class... save Congress.
-- Mark Twain
23. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong
enough to take everything you have.
-- Gerald Ford
1. 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
2. If you don't read the newspaper, 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.
-- 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
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul.
-- George 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
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner.
-- James Bovard
8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in
rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
-- Douglas Casey
9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys
to teenage boys.
-- P.J. O'Rourke
10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else.
-- Frederic Bastiat
11. 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
12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-- Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free.
-- P.J. O'Rourke
14. 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
15. 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.)
16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in
session.
-- Mark Twain
17. Talk is cheap... except when Congress does it.
-- Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite
at one end and no responsibility at the other.
-- Ronald Reagan
19. 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
20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin.
-- Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer
22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class... save Congress.
-- Mark Twain
23. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong
enough to take everything you have.
-- Gerald Ford
