Common Sense Evaluation

Great Political Truths

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

2. If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. ~ Mark Twain

3. Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But then I repeat myself.
~ Mark Twain

4. 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

5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. ~ George Bernard Shaw

6. 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

7. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ~ P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian

8. 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)

9. I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. ~ Will Rogers

10. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free! ~ P. J. O’Rourke

11. No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. ~ Mark Twain (1866)

12. Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it. ~ Anonymous

13. 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

14. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. ~ Mark Twain

15. There is no distinctly Native American criminal class, save Congress. ~ Mark Twain

16. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. ~ Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

17. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
~ Thomas Jefferson