I'm not really political normally but Thea's are still some great quotes!
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 Adams2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.-- Mark Twain3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.-- Mark Twain4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity islike a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.-- Winston Churchill5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on thesupport of Paul.-- George Bernard Shaw6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, whichdebt he proposes to pay off with your money.-- G. Gordon Liddy7. 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 University9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and carkeys to teenage boys.-- PJ. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian10. 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 itstops moving, subsidize it.-- Ronald Reagan (1986)12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.-- Will Rogers13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what itcosts when it's free!-- P.J O'Rourke14. 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 meanpolitics won't take an interest in you!-- Pericles (430 B.C.)16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature isin session.-- Mark Twain (1866)17. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.-- Anonymous18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happyappetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.-- Ronald Reagan19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of theblessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing ofmisery.-- Winston Churchill20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that thetaxidermist leaves the skin.-- Mark Twain21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is tofill the world with fools.-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress.-- Mark Twain23. 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 strongenough to take everything you have.-- Thomas Jefferson25. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office..-- Aesop
