Reflections on Government <\/p>\n
1) \u00a0Suppose you were an idiot. \u00a0And suppose you were a member of Congress.\u00a0\u00a0But I repeat myself.\u00a0 – Mark Twain<\/p>\n
2)
\n\u00a0I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is
\nlike a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the
\nhandle.\u00a0– Winston Churchill<\/p>\n
3) \u00a0A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. – George Bernard Shaw<\/p>\n
4)
\n\u00a0A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which
\ndebt he proposes to pay off with your money. – G. Gordon Liddy<\/p>\n
5)
\n\u00a0Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on
\nwhat to have for dinner. – James Bovard<\/p>\n
6)
\n\u00a0Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people
\nin rich countries to rich people in poor countries. – Douglas
\nCasey<\/p>\n
7)
\n\u00a0Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car
\nkeys to teenage boys. – P.J. O’Rourke<\/p>\n
8)
\n\u00a0Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to
\nlive at the expense of everybody else. – Frederic Bastiat<\/p>\n
9) \u00a0Government’s view of the
\neconomy could be summed up in a few short phrases: \u00a0If it moves, tax
\nit. \u00a0If it keeps moving, regulate it. \u00a0And if it stops moving,
\nsubsidize it. – Ronald Reagan<\/p>\n
10) \u00a0I don’t make jokes. \u00a0I just watch the government and report the facts. – Will Rogers<\/p>\n
11) \u00a0If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free. – P.J. O’Rourke<\/p>\n
12)
\n\u00a0In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as
\npossible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.\u00a0 – Voltaire<\/p>\n
13)
\n\u00a0Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean
\npolitics won’t take an interest in you. – Pericles <\/p>\n
14) \u00a0No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. – Mark Twain<\/p>\n
15) \u00a0Talk is cheap … except when Congress does it. – Unknown<\/p>\n
16)
\n\u00a0The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy
\nappetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. – Ronald
\nReagan<\/p>\n
17) \u00a0The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. \u00a0The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. – Winston Churchill<\/p>\n
18) \u00a0The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. – Mark Twain<\/p>\n
19)
\n\u00a0The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
\nfill the world with fools. – Herbert Spencer<\/p>\n
20) \u00a0There is no distinctly native American criminal class, save Congress. – Mark Twain<\/p>\n
21) \u00a0What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. – Edward Langley<\/p>\n
22)
\n\u00a0A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong
\nenough to take everything you have. – Thomas Jefferson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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