Pearls from Christopher bell

The following pearls have been sent by Christopher Bell.
While I accept those by Mark Twain, GBS and the other philosophers and statesmen, I don't see why we should accept those by Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan since they were part of the system which they criticise.
I liked Edward Langley's views on politicians and I know would be shared by most of you.

Radheshyam

Profound Statements

1. 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

2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed,
if you do read the
newspaper you are misinformed.

-- Mark Twain

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

-- Mark Twain

4. 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

5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the
support of Paul.

-- George Bernard Shaw

6. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a
sheep voting on
what to have for dinner.

-- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

7. 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
University

8. Giving money and power to government is like giving
whiskey and car keys
to teenage boys.

-- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

9. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else.

-- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

10. 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)

11. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and
report the facts.

-- Will Rogers

12. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until
you see what it
costs when it's free!

-- P.J. O'Rourke

13. 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)

14. 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.)

15. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while
the legislature is in
session.

-- Mark Twain (1866)

16. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.

-- Anonymous

17. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal,
with a happy appetite
at one end and no responsibility at the other.
-- Ronald Reagan

18. 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

19. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist
is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin.

-- Mark Twain

20. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects
of folly is to
fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

21. There is no distinctly native American criminal
class...save Congress.

-- Mark Twain

22. What this country needs are more unemployed
politicians.

-- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

23. A government big enough to give you everything you
want, is strong
enough to take everything you have.

-- Thomas Jefferson