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Royalties and government

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The recent report regarding royalties reminded me of some notable quotes about the governing class. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress (Parliament?). But then I repeat myself.- Mark Twain ................................................................. 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 ........................................ A government, which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw ............................................... 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 ............................................. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. - James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994) ............................................. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. - Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown Univ. .................................................. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian ........................................... Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850) ......................................... 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) (Someone must have written it for him!) ......................................................... I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers .......................................... If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! - P.J. O'Rourke ......................................... In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire (1764) ................................................. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! - Pericles (430 B.C.) ............................................ No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain (1866) .................................... Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. - Unknown ................................ 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 .................................. The only difference between a taxman and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. - Mark Twain ...................................... The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903) ........................................... There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress. - Mark Twain ........................................... What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. - Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995) ....................................... A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson M.