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

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

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

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

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

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 atone 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 thetaxidermist
leaves the skin.
-Mark Twain

The ultimate result of shielding men
from the effects of folly is to fillthe 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

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