- 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. -- Anonymous
- 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 inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing ofthe blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism
is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill
- The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is
that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain
- The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects offolly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
- There is no distinctly native American criminal class...saveCongress.
-- Mark Twain
- What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
-- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
- A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
strong enough to take everything you have. -- Thomas Jefferson
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