Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2002-11-28 Nov 28, 2002Useless laws weaken necessary laws.~ Charles-Louis de SecondatA government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.~ George Bernard ShawNo man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the congress is in session.~ Mark Twain Nov 27, 2002Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.~ Douglas CaseyWhen buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.~ P. J. O'Rourke Nov 26, 2002It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.~ Frederic BastiatIn general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.~ Voltaire Nov 25, 2002No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words 'no' and 'not' employed in restraint of government power occur 24 times in the first seven articles of the Constitution and 22 more times in the Bill of Rights.~ Rev. Edmund A. OpitzThe happiness and prosperity of our citizens is the only legitimate object of government.~ Thomas Jefferson Nov 22, 2002A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers -- and this is the basis of all human morality.~ John F. KennedyYou can’t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.~ Joseph ConradWhat good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?~ Jesus of Nazareth Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print