True and Sad Quotes.

[Big N' Blue]

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


7. 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)

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

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


10. 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.)

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

12. Talk is cheap, except when
Congress does it. -- Anonymous


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


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

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

16. We hang the petty thieves and
appoint the great ones to public
office. -- Aesop



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