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



    Never argue with an idiot – they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience. – Unknown

    Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress....But then I repeat myself. - 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



    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 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



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



    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)



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



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



    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. - Unknown



    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



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



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

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    So true but how sad.

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    • #3
      Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad name. - Henry Kissinger

      Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs. - P.J. O'Rourke
      “Maybe you shouldn't dress like that.”

      “This is a blouse and skirt. I don't know what you're talking about.”

      “You shouldn't wear that body.”

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      • #4
        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.)

        I like that one.
        Robert

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