A Collection of superb, hard hitting,
humorous comments...
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