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

2. 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

3. There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you
damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty
to take the consequences. -- P.J. O'Rourke (1993)

4. 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)

5. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people
in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -- Douglas Casey
(1992)

6. If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a
liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a
conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere,
you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere,
you're an extremist. -- Joseph Sobran (1995)

7. In general, the art of government consists in taking as much
money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
-- Voltaire (1764)

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

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

10. When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the
first things to be bought and sold are legislators. --P.J. O'Rourke

11. 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.)

12. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of
folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer (1891)

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

15. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -- Frederic Bastiat

16. We 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

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

18. 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

19. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is
that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain

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

21. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
--Edward Langley

22. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a
happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
-- Ronald Reagan

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

24. There is no distinctly native American criminal class save
Congress. -- Mark Twain

Today's my day for long posts I guess. ;-)

Thanks for the surprise cake CC - it's good to see you here.