Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXsg-thRbSkY_8nWE3sMZbhBXENaLtDwke8JDlvlGpjFAkcS1KRsfHruwX_ArmgmjNdm9SuJbmsZpCI_bTSpUFordlHufGE3VOfjbeI967L7dw3_jTGfOhEr6ibdxz1LmKLkMKc-t62-_/s200/marktwain.jpg)
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
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Mark Twain (1835-1910)Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress... But then I repeat myself. -
Mark TwainThe only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -
Mark Twain There is no distinctly Native American criminal class - save Congress. -
Mark Twain No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
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Mark Twain
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -
P.J. O'RourkeIf you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian (1947 - )![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8s5Xwj_by7nDgTnCEZj9EdVxu7-fJ6U2zBEDHKdlLJW6h1UjWVVhFWWy_8ldUADaBZARPmCA3s_gqV3cEnEoCf_K_hP5k9zBgt4LQiHE6gUyPKAq4D6nOAE_Qb1ChhSglPyvQfgep1J5V/s200/winstonchurchill.jpg)
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 ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp1c0unl7CHDYRtusQUjU5-9h1fNMFEEzLdYDrESP-EQiFam58FoA_uWm6zekpMCZDgKRwCGrXNSQtwiGX25oMiwGCwYn-22mwO19jLKTuhl38q4wiSGhNjA1nyjn3PjEWkOzf-T3k2GB/s200/bernardshaw_george.jpg)
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
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 (1968)[
This priceless collection of cogent quotes was sent to me by Jane D'Cruz. First posted 14 August 2007]