GREAT TRUTHS
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
--John Adams
2. If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed.
If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
-- Mark Twain
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
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
-- Winston Churchill
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw
-- 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
--G Gordon Liddy
7. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys
--PJ. O'Rourke
--PJ. O'Rourke
8. 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)
-- Ronald Reagan(1986)
9. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-- Will Rogers
-- Will Rogers
10. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
-- P J. O'Rourke
-- P J. O'Rourke
11. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the Legislature is in session.
-- Mark Twain(1866)
-- Mark Twain(1866)
12. Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it. --Anonymous
13. 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
-- Winston Churchill
14. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain
15. There is no distinctly Native American criminal class, save Congress.
-- Mark Twain
-- Mark Twain
16. What this country needs are more unemployed
politicians.
-- Edward Langley
politicians.
-- Edward Langley
17. A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.
-- Thomas Jefferson
-- Thomas Jefferson
