Thread: Some Good Political Quotes From Smart People

My favorite is #8.


1. 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

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

3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of
Congress. But then I repeat myself.
-- Mark Twain

4. 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


5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw


6. 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


7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep
voting on what to have for dinner.
-- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)


8. 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


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


10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
-- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)


11. 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)


12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-- Will Rogers


13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see
what it costs when it's free!
-- P.J. O'Rourke


14. 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)


15. 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.)


16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature
is in session.
-- Mark Twain (1866)


17. Talk is cheap.. except when Congress does it.
-- Anonymous


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


19. 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


20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that
the taxidermist leaves the skin.
-- Mark Twain


21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is
to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)


22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save
Congress.
-- Mark Twain


23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
-- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)


24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
strong enough to take everything you have.
-- Thomas Jefferson

WorriedAmerican, how could you pick a favorite!

They are all great.

Thank You worried. loved them!

Enjoyed the post WorriedAmerican...
They are all .....So True! So True!

Originally Posted by roundabout

WorriedAmerican, how could you pick a favorite!

They are all great.

Actually it was hard because I like relly horrible ones that slam politicians or government.
These are pretty tame.

My email signature says, "Because Of Obama I believe in abortion."

Wow! Thats hard WorriedAmerican, but it is your story, and I am sure you are sticking too it.

Originally Posted by roundabout

Wow! Thats hard WorriedAmerican, but it is your story, and I am sure you are sticking too it.

Hey Barry's on my side! LOL