Kansasdeerslayer
PMA Member
I enjoy these kinds of emails. Thought I would pass it along. I will leave it up to you to verify the authenticity of the quotes. There are a few really good ones in here.
Subject: Government
"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
"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a
sheep voting on what to have for dinner."
-- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
"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
"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
-- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
"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
"In general, the art of government consists of taking as
much money as possible from one party of the citizens to
give to the other." -- Voltaire (1764)
"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)
"Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it." -- Unknown
"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 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
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of
folly is to fill the world with fools."
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
"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
Subject: Government
"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
"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a
sheep voting on what to have for dinner."
-- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
"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
"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
-- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
"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
"In general, the art of government consists of taking as
much money as possible from one party of the citizens to
give to the other." -- Voltaire (1764)
"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)
"Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it." -- Unknown
"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 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
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of
folly is to fill the world with fools."
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
"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