Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2005-04-26 Apr 26, 2005Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.~ H. L. MenckenPolitics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.~ Paul ValéryThe problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise ... economics is a form of brain damage.~ Hazel Henderson Apr 25, 2005Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.~ Robert Louis StevensonI have been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a Dome on it.~ Abraham LincolnThere ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.~ Davy Crockett Apr 22, 2005Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.~ Ambrose BierceForeign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.~ Douglas CaseyA government is the only vessel known to leak from the top.~ James Reston Apr 21, 2005The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.~ John Maynard KeynesI'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.~ Arthur GodfreyThe only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.~ Mark Twain Apr 20, 2005A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.~ George Bernard ShawThe wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.~ Paula PoundstoneThe Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to egalitarians, to people obsessed with fairness, to American presidential candidates in the year 2000 -- to everyone who believes that wealth should be redistributed. And that message is clear and concise: Go to Hell.~ P. J. O'Rourke Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print