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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2185656" data-attributes="member: 5412">Classic Truths by Great Realistic Thinkers &nbsp;1. In my many years I have come to a&nbsp; &nbsp; conclusion that one useless man&nbsp; &nbsp; is a shame, two is a law firm,&nbsp; &nbsp; and three or more is a congress.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- John Adams&nbsp;2. If you don&#039;t read the newspaper&nbsp; &nbsp; you are uninformed, if you do&nbsp; &nbsp; read the newspaper you are&nbsp; &nbsp; misinformed. -- Mark Twain&nbsp;3. Suppose you were an idiot. And&nbsp; &nbsp; suppose you were a member of&nbsp; &nbsp; Congress. But then I repeat&nbsp; &nbsp; myself. -- Mark Twain&nbsp;4. I contend that for a nation to try to&nbsp; &nbsp; tax itself into prosperity is like a&nbsp; &nbsp; man standing in a bucket and&nbsp; &nbsp; trying to lift himself up by the&nbsp; &nbsp; handle. --Winston Churchill&nbsp;5. A government which robs Peter to&nbsp; &nbsp; pay Paul can always depend on&nbsp; &nbsp; the support of Paul. &nbsp; &nbsp; -- George Bernard Shaw&nbsp;6. A liberal is someone who feels a&nbsp; &nbsp; great debt to his fellow man,&nbsp; &nbsp; which debt he proposes to pay off&nbsp; &nbsp; with your money. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -- G. Gordon Liddy&nbsp;7. Democracy must be something&nbsp; &nbsp; more than two wolves and a sheep&nbsp; &nbsp; voting on what to have for&nbsp; &nbsp; dinner. &nbsp; &nbsp; --James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)&nbsp;8. Foreign aid might be defined as a&nbsp; &nbsp; transfer of money from poor&nbsp; &nbsp; people in rich countries to rich&nbsp; &nbsp; people in poor countries.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- Douglas Case, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University.&nbsp;9. Giving money and power to&nbsp; &nbsp; government is like giving whiskey&nbsp; &nbsp; and car keys to teenage boys.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- P.J. O&#039;Rourke, Civil Libertarian&nbsp;10. Government is the great fiction,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; through which everybody&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; endeavors to live at the expense&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of everybody else. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -- Frederic Bastiat, French economist (1801-1850)&nbsp;11. Government&#039;s view of the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; economy could be summed up&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in a few short phrases: If it&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; moves, tax it.&nbsp; If it keeps&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; moving, regulate it. And if it&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; stops moving, subsidize it.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; --Ronald Reagan (1986)&nbsp;12. I don&#039;t make jokes. I just watch&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the government and report the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; facts. -- Will Rogers&nbsp;13. If you think health care is&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; expensive now, wait until you&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; see what it costs when it&#039;s free!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -- P. J. O&#039;Rourke&nbsp;14. In general, the art of government&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; consists of taking as much&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; money as possible from one&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; party of the citizens to give to&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the other. --Voltaire (1764)&nbsp;15. Just because you do not take an&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; interest in politics doesn&#039;t mean&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; politics won&#039;t take an interest&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in you! -- Pericles (430 B.C.)&nbsp;16. No man&#039;s life, liberty, or&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; property is safe while the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; legislature is in session.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -- Mark Twain (1866)&nbsp;17. Talk is cheap, except when&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Congress does it. -- Anonymous&nbsp;18. The government is like a baby&#039;s&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; alimentary canal, with a happy&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; appetite at one end and no&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; responsibility at the other.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -- Ronald Reagan&nbsp;19. The inherent vice of capitalism is&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the unequal sharing of the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; blessings. The inherent blessing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of socialism is the equal sharing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of misery. -- Winston Churchill&nbsp;20. The only difference between a&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; tax man and a taxidermist is that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the taxidermist leaves the skin.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -- Mark Twain&nbsp;21. The ultimate result of shielding&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; men from the effects of folly is&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to fill the world with fools.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)&nbsp;22. There is no distinctly Native&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; American criminal class, save&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Congress. -- Mark Twain&nbsp;23. What this country needs are&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; more unemployed politicians&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; --Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)&nbsp;24. A government big enough to give&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; you everything you want, is&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; strong enough to take everything&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; you have.&nbsp; -- Thomas Jefferson&nbsp;25. We hang the petty thieves and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; appoint the great ones to public&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; office. -- Aesop</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 2185656, member: 5412"] Classic Truths by Great Realistic Thinkers 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. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. --James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994) 8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -- Douglas Case, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University. 9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian 10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -- Frederic Bastiat, French economist (1801-1850) 11. 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) 12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -- Will Rogers 13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P. J. O'Rourke 14. 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) 15. 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.) 16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -- Mark Twain (1866) 17. Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it. -- Anonymous 18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -- Ronald Reagan 19. 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 20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain 21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903) 22. There is no distinctly Native American criminal class, save Congress. -- Mark Twain 23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians --Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995) 24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -- Thomas Jefferson 25. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. -- Aesop [/QUOTE]

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