A Collection
of superb, hard hitting, humorous comments on govt, politics, bureaucracy.
"In my
many years I have come to a conclusion, ... that one useless man is a shame,
two [useless men] is a law firm and three or more [useless men] is a
government." ~John Adams
"If you
don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper, you
are misinformed." ~Mark Twain
"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
"A
government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of
Paul." ~George Bernard Shaw
"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
"Giving
money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage
boys." ~P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
"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.)
"No
man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in
session." ~Mark Twain (1866)
"The
government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end
and no responsibility at the other." ~ Ronald Reagan
"The
only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist
leaves the skin." ~Mark Twain
"What
this country needs are more unemployed politicians." ~Edward Langley,
Artist (1928-1995)
"A
government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take
everything you have." ~Thomas Jefferson
"We
hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." ~Aesop
"If you
think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's
free!" ~P.J. O'Rourke