“Nothing is easier than spending the public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.” - Calvin Coolidge, cited in Reader’s Digest, June 1960.
“It is well, sir, to have a flag to cover an appropriation; sometimes the flag without the appropriation may be better.” – Samuel S. Cox, speech in the House of Representatives, November 19, 1877.