Profound Statements

Profound Statements
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> > 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, Civil Libertarian (1994)
> > 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, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown
> > University
> > 9. Giving money and power to government is like giving
> > whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
> > -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
> > 10. Government is the great fiction, through which
> > everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody
> > else.
> > -- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
> > 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 (1986)
> > 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 (1764)
> > 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 (1866)
> > 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, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
> > 22. There is no distinctly native American criminal
> > class...save Congress.
> > -- Mark Twain
> > 23. What this country needs are more unemployed
> > politicians.
> > -- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
> > 24. A government big enough to give you everything you
> > want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
> > -- Thomas Jefferson
> >