Thoughts on the Federal Government

[TxD]

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

[Wisewr]

I thoroughly enjoyed that.

[Rex B]

.24 "No man's life, liberty or fortune is safe while our legislature is in session." -- Benjamin Franklin

.25 "Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale?", someone asked, "No, I look at the Senators and I pray for our country." -- Reverend Edward E. Hale

.26 "Congress is the finest body of men money can buy." -- Will Rogers

[Oldgringo]

In my heart of hearts, I believe truth abounds in each and every quote above.

[txjim42]

Corollary to #7.

Liberty is a well-armed sheep-dog contesting the vote.

[TLE2]

The federal government is charged with delivering the mail and defending the borders, otherwise stay out of our way!

And they can't do either well. (No hit to service men, just the decision makers. I have a high regard for anyone who puts their life in harms way for this country.)