Thursday, September 08, 2011
GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT POLITICS
PLEASE SMILE AT WISDOM THROUGH THE AGES. Ruby *o*
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.-- Mark Twain
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.-- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.-- Will Rogers
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
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.-- George Bernard Shaw
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.-- Aesop
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 inrich 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
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.-- Anonymous
There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress.-- Mark Twain
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.-- Thomas Jefferson
