A Collection of superb, hard hitting, humorous comments...

"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 

 

"If you don't read the newspaper you are  uninformed, if you do read the newspaper, you are  misinformed."

 ~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  

 

"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 

"Giving  money and  power to  government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."

~P.J. O'Rourke,  Civil Libertarian 

"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)

"The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other."

~ Ronald  Reagan  

"The  only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin."

~Mark Twain 

"What this country needs are more unemployed politicians."

~Edward Langley,  Artist (1928-1995)  

"A  government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."

~Thomas Jefferson  

 

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."

~Aesop  

"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!"

~P.J.  O'Rourke