Some Famous Quotes…
By Peter Stern
Here are some good ones. These have been around for some time…
- 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
- If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
— Mark Twain
- Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
— 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
- 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
- Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
— P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
- 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)
- I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
- If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!
— P. J. O’Rourke
- No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
— Mark Twain (1866)
- Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it.
— Anonymous
- 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
- The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
— Mark Twain
- There is no distinctly Native American criminal class, save Congress.
— 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
