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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