some Political Observations
or
Nothing Changes but the Date
- CALVIN AND HOBBES -- and MUHAMMAD.. In order to
express their displeasure with the idea that Muslims are violent,
thousands of Muslims around the world engaged in rioting, arson, mob
savagery, flag-burning, murder and mayhem, among other peaceful acts of
nonviolence... Ann Coulter, journalist - Feb 2006
- Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of
Congress. But then I repeat myself ... 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
- A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on
the support of Paul... George Bernard Shaw
- 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
- Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep
voting on what to have for dinner... James Bovard, Civil
Libertarian (1994)
- 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 Univ.
- Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and
car keys to teenage boys... P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
- Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else... Frederic
Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
- 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)
- I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the
facts... Will Rogers
- If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see
what it costs when it's free... P.J. O'Rourke
- 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)
- 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.)
- No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature
is in session... Mark Twain (1866)
- Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it... Ronio. 2005
- The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other... Ronald
Reagan
- 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
- The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that
the taxidermist leaves the skin... Mark Twain
- The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is
to fill the world with fools... Herbert Spencer, English
Philosopher (1820-1903)
- There is no distinctly native American criminal class - save
Congress... Mark Twain
- What this country needs are more unemployed politicians... Edward
Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
- A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
strong enough to take everything you have... Thomas Jefferson
- "I'm from the Goverment and I'm here to 'help' you"... ananymous
- 1960
- QUOTE OF THE YEAR...
"INCOME TAXES are a fee for working and a penalty for success"
