Wit, ageless wit ...
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Wit, ageless wit ...
WIT
"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed."
~ Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of the Government....but then I repeat myself.
~ Mark Twain
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
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
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
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
~ James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
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
Georgetown University
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
~ P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else.
~ Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
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)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
~ Will Rogers
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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 group of 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 Government does it.
~ Unknown
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 of the 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 of folly is to fill the world with fools.
~ Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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[/align][/align][/align]
"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed."
~ Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of the Government....but then I repeat myself.
~ Mark Twain
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
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
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
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
~ James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
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
Georgetown University
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
~ P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else.
~ Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
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)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
~ Will Rogers
[/align]
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 group of 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 Government does it.
~ Unknown
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 of the 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 of folly is to fill the world with fools.
~ Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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[/align][/align][/align]
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RE: Wit, ageless wit ...
Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
~ Jimmy Carter
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.
~ Jimmy Carter
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
~ Jimmy Carter
People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.
~ Jimmy Carter
Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
~ Jimmy Carter
Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals.
~ Jimmy Carter
IF one ever wonders what happened to Carter when he took office, open the Attachment.
~ Jimmy Carter
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.
~ Jimmy Carter
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
~ Jimmy Carter
People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.
~ Jimmy Carter
Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
~ Jimmy Carter
Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals.
~ Jimmy Carter
IF one ever wonders what happened to Carter when he took office, open the Attachment.
#6
RE: Wit, ageless wit ...
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
~ Rodney Dangerfield
The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
~ Henny Youngman
If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say, talk in your sleep.
~ unk
~ Rodney Dangerfield
The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
~ Henny Youngman
If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say, talk in your sleep.
~ unk
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