"If you don't read the newspaper you are uniformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." Mark Twain

"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress... But then I repeat myself." Mark Twain

"I contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." Winston Churchill

"Democracy must be more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner." James Bovard, Civil Libertarian 1994

"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. If it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"A government big enough to give you anything you want is strong enough to take everything you have." Thomas Jefferson