[politicalmerc]

I enjoyed them

[tflabo]

Great posts man...Funny too. Here's a more 'serial' quote..

“ Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action”…. General George Washington -

[freedumb2003]

I am trying to find a favorite.

I think Tom Jef got it best, but Twain hits the mark well.

[OneWingedShark]

24

[djsherin]

bookmark

[mikeus_maximus]

later :)

[djsherin]

ping

[jimtorr]

I’ll bump this for more cynics, errr, realists, to enjoy.

[politicalmerc]

Everybody PING!

[qam1]

“The Values of the left cripple human beings, weaken cities, make it difficult for us to in fact survive as a country. The left in America is to blame for most of the current, major diseases which have struck this society” - Newt Gingrich 1980

“The evening news is the natural result of the welfare state” - Newt Gingrich 1994

[Blood of Tyrants]

“America is at an awkward stage. It is too late to fix the system from within and too early to start shooting the bastards.” Claire Wolfe

Is the awkward stage over yet, Claire?

[LoveUSA]

My favorite is...

Where are we going and what’s with this handbasket? - author unknown

[bamahead]

Libertarian ping! Click here to get added or here to be removed or post a message here!

[Ken H]

"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what is will be tomorrow."

-- James Madison, Federalist no. 62, February 27, 1788

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"We have seen the mere distinction of colour made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man."

-- James Madison, Speech at the Constitutional Convention, June 6, 1787

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"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."

-- James Madison, 4 Annals of congress 179 (1794)

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"There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."

-- James Madison, speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 16, 1788

[MissouriConservative]

Socialism is great until you run out of someone else’s money.
- Margaret Thatcher

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
- Milton Friedman

To compell a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he dislikes and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
- Thomas Jefferson

[murphE]

see my tag

[FreeKeys]

“Sociotropic voters with biased economic beliefs are more likely to produce severe political failures than are selfish voters with rational expectations.” — Bryan Caplan

“We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do.” — Auberon Herbert

“The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.” — John Locke

[gargoyle]

...Good to have a laugh, we need it. Bravo, thanks fer the post...

...”Puppets on the left, puppets on the, one guy holding both puppets”...

...”All governments are lying c—k s-ck-rs”... Bill Hicks.

[GSWarrior]

A president should be like a good basketball referee: you know he is there and he keeps people playing by the rules. But he doesn't affect the outcome of the game.
--GSWarrior