I Normally Avoid Politics....but...

[dragoon500ly]

This list was being passed around the office, no idea who the original author is but kudos!!!!

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 Case 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

25. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. -- Aesop

[mikeo80]

I believe it was Senator Everet Dirksen said.

"A billion here, a billion there...pretty soon we are talking about some serious money"

My $0.02

Mike

[Raellus]

These quotes are amusing, but the list is decidedly right-leaning. I'd like to see a few quotes from Andrew Jackson, FDR, Kennedy, and even Clinton to even it out a bit. It's funny how Clinton's roomie and a convicted fellon (Liddy) both get quotes, but none of the great democratic luminaries do. Perhaps this list is a result of the Semmelweis Reflex/confirmation bias, only recognizing "facts" that adhere to one's worldview.

To quote Albert Einstein, "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."

[dragoon500ly]

LOL

I actually see both sides of the arguement, but I favor the one where the politicans are kept out of the light, kept out of water and never, ever, fed after midnight!

[mikeo80]

Here are some political observations from Bob Hope

"Eisenhower admitted that the budget can't be balanced and McCarthy said the communists are taking over. You don't know what to worry about these days – whether the country will be overthrown or overdrawn."

"Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent do that."

"The Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. They're all running for the presidency." –On the many Democrats running for president in 1988

"It gave dirty politics a bad name." –On the Watergate affair

"I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money." –On touring the U.S. Treasury

"I need money. I have a staff of 30, and four houses, never mind the government, to support."

"It's so cold here in Washington, D.C., that politicians have their hands in their own pockets."

Just in the interest of keeping it balanced and humorous at the same time

My $0.02

Mike