****Truisms from wise men

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In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. - John Adams

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 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

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. - Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

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

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers

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)

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain (1866)

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

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