Political Satire

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1) The only thing congress can agree on is a salary increase.- Unknown

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 of 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 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) 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)

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

14) Talk is cheap... except when Congress does it.
- Unknown

15) 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

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

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

18. You can be a looser and go to Washington D.C. and be a success.
- Unknown