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Old 04-18-2008, 10:44 PM
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"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
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Old 04-20-2008, 02:11 PM
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Say it ain't so....Joe, Say it Ain't so.........
 
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words of wit

Those who write upon these walls
roll their s--t in little *****
Those who read these words of wit
Eat those little ***** of s--t.
 
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Old 04-24-2008, 11:27 PM
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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.









 
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Old 04-25-2008, 01:48 PM
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Words to live by: Do not argue with the guy that is packing your parachute.



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Old 04-28-2008, 01:19 AM
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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.
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