GOVERNMENT TRUISMS

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 always robs Peter to Paul can always depend on the support of Paul - George Bernard Shaw

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from the poor people in rich countries to the rich people in poor countries - Douglas Casey, Georgetown University

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys - Peter O'Rourke

Government is the Great Fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else - Frederic Bastiat, French Economist

Government's view of the economy can 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 is free - Peter O'Rourke

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session - Mark Twain

Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it - Unknown

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

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians - Edward Langley

and the best for last -

A government big enough to give you everything is strong enough to take everything you have - Thomas Jefferson

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I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress - Ronald Reagan