"Government
is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous
servant and a terrible master." George
Washington
"Of
all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be
the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than
under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may
sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those
who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do
so with the approval of their own conscience." - C. S. Lewis
"There
is [a] class of colored people who make a business of keeping the
troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the
public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their
troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their
wrongs – partly because they want sympathy, and partly because it pays.
Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances,
because they do not want to lose their jobs ... There is a certain class
of race-problem solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because
as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of
making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make
themselves prominent before the public." -
Booker
T. Washington.
- "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."
- "Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." - Alexis de Tocqueville
- "Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." - Frederic Bastiat
Voltaire's
Mahomet
(A Play in Five Acts, written by Voltaire in 1741)
Gun Rights and the Second Amendment
Religion
Dennis Prager
Energy
Patriotic Flicks
Cheap politicians
Iraq and Islamic Terrorism
Communism
Junk Science
Abortion
Bush and Lincoln
Hurricane Katrina
Then and now
David Crockett
John Wayne
Hollywood
Multiculturalism
Culture Wars
Palestinian Myth
Vince Foster Case
Environmentalism
Liberals and Peaceniks
Registered Sex Offenders!
Expletive!
Clinton!
Hillary!
Kerry!
The French
Lincoln
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire (1694-1778)
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. -Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -Mark Twain (1835-1910)
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
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 (1874-1965)
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -Edward Langley (1928 - 1995)
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
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 (1930-)
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P.J. O'Rourke (1947-)
Reganisms
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
- Ronald Reagan
"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan
"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." - Ronald Reagan
"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination." - Ronald Reagan
"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other." - Ronald Reagan
"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." - Ronald Reagan
"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting." - Ronald Reagan
"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan
"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
"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." - Ronald Reagan
"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. - Ronald Reagan
"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan
Reagan's First Inaugural Address