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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 511687" data-attributes="member: 1246">Profound Statements1.&nbsp; In my many years, I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is &nbsp; &nbsp; a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- John Adams&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. &nbsp; &nbsp; If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- Mark Twain3.&nbsp; Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. &nbsp; &nbsp; But then I repeat myself.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- Mark Twain4.&nbsp; I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into&nbsp; &nbsp; prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself&nbsp; &nbsp; up by the handle.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- Winston Churchill5.&nbsp; A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend&nbsp; &nbsp; on the support of Paul.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- George Bernard Shaw6.&nbsp; A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow&nbsp; &nbsp; man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- G. Gordon Liddy7.&nbsp; Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep&nbsp; &nbsp; voting on what to have for dinner.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)8.&nbsp; Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from&nbsp; &nbsp; poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University9.&nbsp; Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey&nbsp; &nbsp; and car keys to teenage boys.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- P.J. O&#039;Rourke, Civil Libertarian10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody&nbsp; &nbsp; endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)11. Government&#039;s view of the economy could be summed up in a&nbsp; &nbsp; few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.&nbsp; &nbsp; And if it stops moving, subsidize it.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- Ronald Reagan (1986)12. I don&#039;t make jokes. I just watch the government and report&nbsp; &nbsp; the facts.&nbsp; &nbsp; -- Will Rogers13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you&nbsp; &nbsp; see what it costs when it&#039;s free!&nbsp; &nbsp; -- P.J. O&#039;Rourke</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 511687, member: 1246"] Profound Statements 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 Casey, 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 [/QUOTE]

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