The Virtues of Government
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> 1. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were
> a member of Congress, but then I repeat myself.
> ---Mark Twain
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> 2. 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
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> 3. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support from Paul.
> ----George Bernard Shaw
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> 4. Democracy must be something more than two wolves
> and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
> ---James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
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> 5. 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
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> 6. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
> ---P. J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
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> 7. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors
> to live at the expense of everybody else.
> ---Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
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> 8. 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)
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> 9. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the
> facts.
> ---Will Rogers
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> 10. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see
> what it costs when it's free.
> ---P. J. O'Rourke
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> 11. 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)
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> 12. 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
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> 13. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
> ---Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
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> 14. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
> strong enough to take everything you have.
> ---Thomas Jefferson
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> 1. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were
> a member of Congress, but then I repeat myself.
> ---Mark Twain
>
> 2. 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
>
> 3. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support from Paul.
> ----George Bernard Shaw
>
> 4. Democracy must be something more than two wolves
> and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
> ---James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
>
> 5. 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
>
> 6. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
> ---P. J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
>
> 7. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors
> to live at the expense of everybody else.
> ---Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
>
> 8. 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)
>
> 9. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the
> facts.
> ---Will Rogers
>
> 10. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see
> what it costs when it's free.
> ---P. J. O'Rourke
>
> 11. 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)
>
> 12. 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
>
> 13. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
> ---Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
>
> 14. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
> strong enough to take everything you have.
> ---Thomas Jefferson
>
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