"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin
"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams
Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--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
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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw
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Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
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"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed."
Mark Twain
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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
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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
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Frederic Bastiat, Economist (1801-1850)
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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)
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I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers
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If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
P.J. O'Rourke
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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)
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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.)
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No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
Mark Twain (1866)
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Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.
Unknown
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The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Ronald Reagan
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The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
Mark Twain
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There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress.
Mark Twain
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What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
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A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson
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