Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2002-12-07 Dec 6, 2002Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.~ Alan CorenkPower corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.~ John Lehman Dec 5, 2002Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.~ George Bernard ShawSo they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.~ Sir Winston Churchill 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print