"In my many years I have come to a conclusion, ... that one useless man is a shame, two [useless men] is a law firm and three or more [useless men] is a government."*
~John Adams
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*"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed."*
~Mark Twain
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*"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
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*"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."*
~George Bernard Shaw
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*"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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*"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."*
~P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
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*"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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*"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session."*
~Mark Twain (1866)
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*"The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other."*
~ Ronald Reagan
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*"The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin."*
~Mark Twain
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*"What this country needs are more unemployed politicians."*
~Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
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*"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."*
~Thomas Jefferson
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*"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."*
~Aesop
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*"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!"*
~P.J. O'Rourke
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