Old but worth a repeat

[Karen]

"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." Mark Twain


Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself. -Mark Twain


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


A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -George Bernard Shaw


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


Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

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


Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian



Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)



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)


I don't make jokes, I just watch the government and report the facts. -Will Rogers


If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
-P.J. O'Rourke


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 (1764)


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.)



No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -Mark Twain (1866)


Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -Unknown


The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -Ronald Reagan


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



The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -Mark Twain



The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)



There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress. -Mark Twain


What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)


A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson

[Shellie]

These are great, Karen. Thanks for sharing. I love quotes!

[dolfan]

How many times need I say "True!" on all of those?

[Karen]

These are great, Karen. Thanks for sharing. I love quotes!

You are welcome Shellie. I like quotes as well. In many of the quotes bits of wisdom or truths can be found.

[one love]

so true karen