Reflections on Government
1) Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself.
............Mark Twain
2) 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
3) A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul.
.............George Bernard Shaw
4) 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
5) Democracy must be something more than two wolves
and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
.............James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
> 6) 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
>
> 7) Giving money and power to government is like giving
> whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
> ................P.J O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
>
> 8) Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
> endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
> ..........Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
>
> 9) 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)
>
> 10) I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and
> report the facts.
> ..............Will Rogers
>
> 11) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until
> you see what it costs when it's free.
> .........P.J. O'Rourke
>
> 12) In general, the art of government consists in taking as
> much money as possible from one party of the citizens
> to give to the other.
> ........Voltaire (1764)
>
> 13) 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.)
>
> 14) No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the
> legislature is in session.
> ....Mark Twain (1866)
>
> 15) Talk is cheap ... except when Congress does it.
> .....Unknown
>
> 16) The government is like a baby's alimentary canal,
> with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility
> at the other.
> ........Ronald Reagan
>
> 17) 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
>
> 18) The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist
> is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
> .....Mark Twain
>
> 19) The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of
> folly is to fill the world with fools.
> .......Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
>
> 20) There is no distinctly native American criminal class...
> save Congress.
> .....Mark Twain
>
> 21) What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
> .......Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
>
> 22) A government big enough to give you everything you
> want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
> ........Thomas Jefferson
Thanks Doug
1) Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself.
............Mark Twain
2) 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
3) A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul.
.............George Bernard Shaw
4) 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
5) Democracy must be something more than two wolves
and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
.............James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
> 6) 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
>
> 7) Giving money and power to government is like giving
> whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
> ................P.J O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
>
> 8) Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
> endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
> ..........Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
>
> 9) 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)
>
> 10) I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and
> report the facts.
> ..............Will Rogers
>
> 11) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until
> you see what it costs when it's free.
> .........P.J. O'Rourke
>
> 12) In general, the art of government consists in taking as
> much money as possible from one party of the citizens
> to give to the other.
> ........Voltaire (1764)
>
> 13) 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.)
>
> 14) No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the
> legislature is in session.
> ....Mark Twain (1866)
>
> 15) Talk is cheap ... except when Congress does it.
> .....Unknown
>
> 16) The government is like a baby's alimentary canal,
> with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility
> at the other.
> ........Ronald Reagan
>
> 17) 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
>
> 18) The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist
> is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
> .....Mark Twain
>
> 19) The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of
> folly is to fill the world with fools.
> .......Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
>
> 20) There is no distinctly native American criminal class...
> save Congress.
> .....Mark Twain
>
> 21) What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
> .......Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
>
> 22) A government big enough to give you everything you
> want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
> ........Thomas Jefferson
Thanks Doug
