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
Presidents are selected, not elected
-FDR
The US, where freedom from liberty still exists.
-Cynicles
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
-Samuel Adams
“7. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
— P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian”
Or Palestine to the jews.
Here is one on truth that I came across in the movie “The International” that says it all, imo…
“Eleanor Whitman: We are just trying to get to the truth!
New York D.A.: I get it! But what you need to remember is that there’s what people want to hear, there’s what people want to believe, there’s everything else, THEN there’s the truth!
Eleanor Whitman: And since when it’s that OK? I can’t even believe you are saying this to me! The truth means responsibility, Arnie!
New York D.A.: Exactly! Which is why everyone dreads it!”
And here is another from the same movie that perfectly explain the international banksters (I was shocked they put this one out there, but then again it IS Hollywood, so it’s only ‘make believe’, right?)…
“Umberto Calvini: [In explaining the “true” nature of banking in the world] The IBBC is a bank. Their objective isn’t to control the conflict, it’s to control the debt that the conflict produces. You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value, is in the debt that it creates. You control the debt, you control everything. You find this upsetting, yes? But this is the very essence of the banking industry, to make us all, whether we be nations or individuals, slaves to debt.”
BINGO!!!!!
“There is no tradeoff between individual rights and public safety. A decrease in rights is simultaneously a decrease in safety. Rights exist as protections against power. Each decrease in rights means that much less protection against a government that is becoming oppressive.”
— Joseph P. Martino, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY
The above quote, coupled with the observation that governments have a history of murdering their own citizens in FAR greater numbers than terrorists ever could, provides a bombproof argument against any jackass who claims that rights should be given up for “security.”
Martino’s book is a MUST-READ, by the way. I’ve already recommended it on another thread. And no, I have no relation to him in any way. Even if you just buy one copy and share it with as many people as possible, make sure you read it!