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1. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself
.........Mark Twain -

2. 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 -

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

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

5. 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 -

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

7. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
.........Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850) -

8. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a fewshort phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
.........Ronald Reagan (1986) -

9. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
........Will Rogers -

10. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.
........P.J. O'Rourke -

11. 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) -

12. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.
.......Pericles (430 BC.) -

13. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the Legislature is in session.
.......Mark Twain (1866) -

14. Talk is cheap. . .except when Congress does it.
.......Unknown -

15. 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 -

16. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
.......Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995) -

17. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
......Thomas Jefferson -