If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -Mark Twain
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
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries -Douglas Casey,
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
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
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.)
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
Oct 26 2008
