April 6, 2016

Great Truths

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

If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
~ Mark Twain

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

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
~ P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

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)