Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2002-12-04 Dec 4, 2002Politics is the art of looking for trouble,finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. ~ Ernest BennYou will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.~ John Kenneth Galbraith Dec 3, 2002There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.~ Bertrand RussellFor every action there is an equal and opposite government program.~ Bob WellsIf you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist.~ Joseph Sobran Dec 2, 2002Talk is cheap -- except when Congress does it.~ Cullen HightowerThere are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.~ Franklin P. AdamsGovernment'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 Nov 29, 2002It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expence, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society. Let them look well after their own expence, and they may safely trust private people with theirs. If their own extravagance does not ruin the state, that of their subjects never will.~ Adam SmithIt is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.~ Adam Smith 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print