Truth in Politics

(thanks Kathy B)

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