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.

— GeorgeBernard Shaw

6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.

— G. GordonLiddy

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

— P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian

8. 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)

9. I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

— Will Rogers

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

— P. J. O’Rourke

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

— Mark Twain (1866)

12. Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it.

— Anonymous

13. 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

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

— Mark Twain

15. There is no distinctly Native American Criminal Class, save Congress.

— Mark Twain

16. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians

—Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

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

— Thomas Jefferson

Thank you Barbara O’Connell for these quotes. They make a great blog post. We were out late and I want to go to sleep. Good night.