fantom Loc: Colorado

Some interesting truths spoken by astute observers over the years. Though Mark Twain was a genius, I think I like Winston Churchill's remarks the best ( 4 and 9). Can't wait to hear the comments from the folks that think they are smarter than these guys.

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

26. God Bless America
---me

HEART Loc: God's Country - COLORADO

We need fewer "thinkers" and a hellava more "doers."

cameraniac Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana

27. Liberalism is a mental disorder -- Dr. Michael Savage

28. Liberalism kills -- Dr. Cameraniac

fantom Loc: Colorado

No---what we need are doers who think rather than the unthinking doers that we have now. A little honesty would help also.

workhorse Loc: Nashville, TN

I would like to add; "We have the best government money can buy." Will Rogers

There is so much truth and wisdom contained in these quotes.

Honesty? You ask for honesty and action, or honesty in action, now you are asking for a lot.

Martys Loc: Lubec, Maine

Politicians should be changed often like diapers,..and for the same reason.

littlebug Loc: woburn ma

phatom you forgot honest ABE

Crwiwy Loc: Devon UK

There are many very true bits of philosophy there - Mark Twain had a good grasp of events.

Cameron should take note of Churchill's comment in number 4!

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

This one has already been posted here by me on:

Dec 4, 12 19:06:05 :-)

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

" You want truth? You can't handle the truth!" - Jack Nicholson (and whoever wrote it for him)

fantom Loc: Colorado

So shud B O

phila Loc: Live is Newberry, SC

Wow. Kind of scary seeing all these comments in one place. Has our government ever been good? To think we live in the greatest country in the world? I really feel bad for all the other countries. With our track record even the #2 country must be hell.

I liked #4 and #12 the best. LOL

Just a thought... Is it possible we complain too much?
Phil

infocus Loc: Australia

Here's a couple from the corporate world.

1. Memos are written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

2. In politics, as in the corporate world, it's better to be wrong with the mob than right alone.

and 2 from some where I can't remember:-

"He is a lover of nature - in spite of what it did to him"

" He is a self made man - and he worships his creator"

dave.speeking Loc: Brooklyn OH

Conservatives aren't, I said that.

Robbie7 Loc: Northampton. England

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