25 Great Truths

- and possibly the 5 Best Sentences

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 If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. ~ Mar !wain #uppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a mem$er of %ongress... &ut then I repeat myself. ~ Mar !wain I contend that for a nation to try to ta( itself into prosperity is li e a man standing in a $uc et and trying to lift himself up $y the handle. ~ )inston %hurchill A government which ro$s +eter to pay +aul can always depend on the support of +aul. ~ ,eorge &ernard #haw A li$eral is someone who feels a great de$t to his fellow man, which de$t he proposes to pay off with your money. ~ ,. ,ordon .iddy 0emocracy must $e something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. ~ James &ovard, Civil Libertarian (1994) 2oreign aid might $e defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. ~ 0ouglas %asey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University ,iving money and power to government is li e giving whis ey and car eys to teenage $oys. ~ +.J. 4'5our e, Civil Libertarian 2. ". '. *. -. /. 1. 3.

16. ,overnment is the great fiction, through which every$ody endeavors to live at the e(pense of every$ody else. ~ 2rederic &astiat, French economist(18 1!18" )

11. ,overnment's view of the economy could $e summed up in a few short phrases7 I. If it moves, ta( it. II. If it eeps moving,regulate it. III. And if it stops moving, su$sidi8e it. ~ 5onald 5eagan 9131-: 12. I don't ma e ;o es. I ;ust watch the government and report the facts. ~ )ill 5ogers 1". If you thin health care is e(pensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free< ~ +.J. 4'5our e 1'. In general, the art of government consists of ta ing as much money as possi$le from one party of the citi8ens to give to the other. ~ =oltaire 91/-': 1*. Just $ecause you do not ta e an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't ta e an interest in you< ~ +ericles 9'"6 &.%.: 1-. >o man's life, li$erty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. ~ Mar !wain 911--: 1/. !al is cheap...e(cept when %ongress does it. ~ Anonymous 11. !he government is li e a $a$y's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsi$ility at the other. ~ 5onald 5eagan 13. !he inherent vice of capitalism is the une?ual sharing of the $lessings. !he inherent $lessing of socialism is the e?ual sharing of misery. ~ )inston %hurchill 26. !he only difference $etween a ta( man and a ta(idermist is that the ta(idermist leaves the s in. ~ Mar !wain 21. !he ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. ~ @er$ert #pencer, #nglish $hiloso%her (18& !19 ') 22. !here is no distinctly >ative American criminal class...save %ongress.~ Mar !wain 2". )hat this country needs is more unemployed politicians. ~ Adward .angley, (rtist (19&8!199") 2'. A government $ig enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to ta e everything you have. ~ !homas Jefferson 2*. )e hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to pu$lic office. ~ Aesop

FIVE BEST SENTENCES

1. 2. 3. 4. . You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for...another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work! because the other half is going to take care of them! and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work! because somebody else is going to get what they work for! that is the beginning of the end of any nation"

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