Gov'ment Truisms

Posted by Greybeard on Jun 2nd, 2006 in News and weather, Political | Comments Off

These and more compliments of Mr. Completely

Government True-isms:

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



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