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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. In free governments, the rulers are the servatns, and the people their superiors and sovereigns... In free governments, the rulers are the servatns, and the people their superiors and sovereigns...
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. That government is best which governs the least The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first. A government big to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes and propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the Spirit of Resistance. reagan
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it. The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program. If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under. Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. 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. I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress. I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'. It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. Man is not free unless government is limited. Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15. The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes. Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife. What do you think a stimulus is? It's spending - that's the whole point! Seriously. Why can't I just eat my waffle?
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
A fool and his money are soon elected. Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father." I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics. On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators The best way out of a difficulty is through it. The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. [No longer true!] There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators. There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
D&C 121:39 We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion. John Mackey (CEO, Whole Foods, Inc.)
"The union is like having herpes. It doesn't kill you, but it's unpleasant and inconvenient, and it stops a lot of people from becoming your lover."
No man's life liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it Suppose you were an idiot. I can remember way back when a liberal was someone who was generous with his own money.
The fabric of the American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people.
The greatest tryrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes. Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. If we do not hang together, we shall surely
hang separately. Lead, follow, or get out of the way. These are the times that try men's souls.
 P.J. O'Rourke If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich. America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased. Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. There is only one basic human right, the right to do as
you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic
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