AlexandNessa
<font color=red>Proud Redhead<br><font color=green
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I almost just wrote "good morning." Yes, it's 2:15 in the afternoon ... where has my day gone?!
Anyway, I am grateful that I married into a good, modest Republican family. My FIL just sent me these quotes about government. They've been around for a while, but felt good to read again:
'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 * * *
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 * * *
Giving money and power to the government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian * * *
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850) * * *
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) * * *
I don't make jokes... I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers * * *
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! - P.J. O'Rourke * * *
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) * * *
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.) * * *
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain (1866 ) * * *
Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. - Unknown * * *
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal: a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan * * *
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 * * *
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. - Mark Twain * * *
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903) * * *
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class ..save Congress. - Mark Twain * * *
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. - Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995) * * *
AND THE BEST ONE... A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
Anyway, I am grateful that I married into a good, modest Republican family. My FIL just sent me these quotes about government. They've been around for a while, but felt good to read again:
'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 * * *
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 * * *
Giving money and power to the government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian * * *
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850) * * *
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) * * *
I don't make jokes... I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers * * *
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! - P.J. O'Rourke * * *
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) * * *
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.) * * *
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain (1866 ) * * *
Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. - Unknown * * *
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal: a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan * * *
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 * * *
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. - Mark Twain * * *
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903) * * *
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class ..save Congress. - Mark Twain * * *
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. - Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995) * * *
AND THE BEST ONE... A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
