Political Pundits

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


Democracy must be something more
than two wolves and a sheep voting on what
to have for dinner.
-James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)


A government which robs Peter to pay
Paul can always depend on the support
of Paul.
-George Bernard Shaw


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


Giving money and power to government
is like giving whiskey and car keys to
teenage boys.
-P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian


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


Government is the great fiction,
through which everybody endeavors 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.
-Unknown


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


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Let Freedom Ring

Our country is still young and its
potential is still enormous.

We should remember, as we look
toward the future, that the more fully
we believe in and achieve freedom
and equal opportunity, not simply for
ourselves but for others, the greater
our accomplishments as a nation will be.

~Henry Ford II~

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I love old movies. I think Hollywood made some
exceptionally fine ones. I was thrilled to find this
gem at my local library!

"The Son of Monte' Cristo" @1941

Baron Von Neuhoff upon his rescue from
the dungeon:

"...I shouldn't have but for Monte Cristo
who is living proof that if justice is
crushed in one land, men will spring to
its defense in every land. For the spirit of
justice creates a common brotherhood."

Gen. Gurko Laven trying to force the
Queen Zona into marriage by threatening
an alliance with Russia who will ensure
HE IS KING regardless:

"Part of diplomacy lies in the fact that
the people never discover the truth until
it is too late."

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The General learned he was WRONG.
Pray God, our nation will also never
learn the truth too late......

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Working for a Living

Anyone who sees in his own occupation
merely a means of earning money degrades it;

but he that sees in it a service to mankind
ennobles both his labor and himself.

~A. Lawrence Lowell~

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