Some random political thoughts
Oct 18, 2011 08:45:59 #
There's enough here to make you nod in agreement, or shake your head in disgust.
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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
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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
Oct 18, 2011 11:30:11 #
Here's another group to ponder:
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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 Casey, 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)
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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 Casey, 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)
Oct 18, 2011 11:42:43 #
Oct 18, 2011 12:58:11 #
Often the problem is the government's solution.
~MisterWilson
~MisterWilson
Oct 18, 2011 19:03:19 #
Nobody's responding, but hopefully there are some readers:
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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.)
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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.)
Oct 18, 2011 21:18:30 #
Just a few more for overnight readers:
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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
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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
Oct 18, 2011 21:18:51 #
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
- 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
Oct 18, 2011 22:40:53 #
Now your talking
What's the difference between a tax man and a taxidermist?
The taxidermist leaves the hide?
"mark twain"
Who is John Galt? Do I need to say?
"History doesn't repeat itself it just rhymes"
Mark Twin
"You cannot strengthen the weAk by weakening the strong"
Abraham Lincoln
One man with courage makes a majority.
Andrew Jackson
A free man will ask not what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country
"Milton freedman" free to choose
There is no greater tyranny for a man to pay for that which he does not want simply because you think it is good for him.
Robert heinlien. Address to congress in the moon is a harsh mistress
The masses are asses. Anonymous
The trend is your friend. Famous wall street saying
It is a common belief that men become wealthy by stealing in prison and Harvard.
I can't remember who said that.
This is fun
What's the difference between a tax man and a taxidermist?
The taxidermist leaves the hide?
"mark twain"
Who is John Galt? Do I need to say?
"History doesn't repeat itself it just rhymes"
Mark Twin
"You cannot strengthen the weAk by weakening the strong"
Abraham Lincoln
One man with courage makes a majority.
Andrew Jackson
A free man will ask not what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country
"Milton freedman" free to choose
There is no greater tyranny for a man to pay for that which he does not want simply because you think it is good for him.
Robert heinlien. Address to congress in the moon is a harsh mistress
The masses are asses. Anonymous
The trend is your friend. Famous wall street saying
It is a common belief that men become wealthy by stealing in prison and Harvard.
I can't remember who said that.
This is fun
Oct 18, 2011 23:03:59 #
Being a student of the austrian school or now the Chicago school of economics
One more Frederic Bastiat
And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God"
I will try to match your "classically liberal" aka Jeffersonian quotes.
I need the refresher
Russ
One more Frederic Bastiat
And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God"
I will try to match your "classically liberal" aka Jeffersonian quotes.
I need the refresher
Russ
Oct 18, 2011 23:09:06 #
We shall have a wise and frugal government that shall restrain men from injuring one another. We shall otherwise leave men to there on pursuits and endeavors and we shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.
Paraphrased Thomas Jefferson
Paraphrased Thomas Jefferson
Oct 18, 2011 23:41:22 #
Oct 18, 2011 23:41:25 #
"governments do not become tyranny's through sudden usurpations but by gradual encroachment.
James Madison
James Madison
Oct 18, 2011 23:53:45 #
Carioca wrote:
Sad to see how old some of those quotes are. I guess some things just never change.
I tend to stay away from those things that sadden me and move toward those things that enlighten me.
Carl Conrad
Oct 18, 2011 23:56:35 #
Carioca wrote:
Sad to see how old some of those quotes are. I guess some things just never change.
I too was once you at the innocent age of 22
I am now me near the age of 53 wiser now and able to see
Oct 19, 2011 00:22:54 #
"emergencies" have always been the pretext on which the Safeguards of individual liberty has been eroded
Fredrick Von Hayek
Fredrick Von Hayek
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