Thought you might like these..........What is amazing is WHO said them and how LONG ago! Sadly we still
haven't learned......
1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or
more is a congress.
John Adams
2.. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
4. 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
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw
6. 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
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
8. 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
9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
11. 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)
12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
P.J. O'Rourke
14. 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)
15. 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.)
16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
Mark Twain (1866)
17. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.
Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the
other.
Ronald Reagan
19. 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
20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress.
Mark Twain
23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson
25. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe .
Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff109181.html>
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who
would not. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff122881.html>
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save
one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff136389.html>
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people
under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff136410..html>
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson
<http://www..brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff157220.html>
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff125076..html>
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect
themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff100991..html>
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tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff157246..html>
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people
ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and
corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children
wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'
contact me by clicking here and I'll add them most likely! Carl the Poet
haven't learned......
1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or
more is a congress.
John Adams
2.. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
4. 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
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw
6. 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
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
8. 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
9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
11. 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)
12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
P.J. O'Rourke
14. 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)
15. 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.)
16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
Mark Twain (1866)
17. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.
Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the
other.
Ronald Reagan
19. 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
20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress.
Mark Twain
23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson
25. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe .
Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff109181.html>
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who
would not. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff122881.html>
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save
one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff136389.html>
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people
under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff136410..html>
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson
<http://www..brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff157220.html>
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff125076..html>
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect
themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff100991..html>
//www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff109180.html>
tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff157246..html>
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people
ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and
corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children
wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'
contact me by clicking here and I'll add them most likely! Carl the Poet
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