Pura Vida
Well-Known Member
GREAT TRUTHS BY MANY STATE MEN
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
2. If you don't read the newspaper
you are uninformed,
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
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
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-- 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
7. Giving money and power to
government is like giving whiskey
and car keys to teenage boys.
-- P.J. O'Rourke , Civil Libertarian
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)
9. I don't make jokes.
I just watch the government
and report the facts.
-- 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
11. No man's life, liberty, or
property is safe while the
legislature is in session.
-- 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
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
16. What this country needs are
more unemployed politicians
-- Edward Langley ,
Artist (1928-1995)
17. A government big enough
to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take
everything you have.
-- Thomas Jefferson
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
2. If you don't read the newspaper
you are uninformed,
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
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
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-- 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
7. Giving money and power to
government is like giving whiskey
and car keys to teenage boys.
-- P.J. O'Rourke , Civil Libertarian
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)
9. I don't make jokes.
I just watch the government
and report the facts.
-- 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
11. No man's life, liberty, or
property is safe while the
legislature is in session.
-- 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
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
16. What this country needs are
more unemployed politicians
-- Edward Langley ,
Artist (1928-1995)
17. A government big enough
to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take
everything you have.
-- Thomas Jefferson
