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“If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed. 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 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 *Bill Clinton’s Classmate at Georgetown University

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

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 government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. ~Ronald Reagan

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 tax man 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

25 Quotes on Bold

1. “Be bold when others are scared.”-Thomas J. Powell

2. “We’re getting really bold now. We’ll just go right up to someone and ask them.” –Christine Richerds

3. “We need to be visionary; we have to be bold.” –Angela Hunt

4. “I knew I had to do something bold to get myself noticed.” –Kathleen Hynes

5. ” Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” – Helen Keller

6. “Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.” –Herbert Spencer

7. “Our solutions must be beyond anything we have ever considered, … We should not be afraid to try bold new approaches.” –Mary Landrieu

8. “The Bold and the Beautiful.” –Eddie Cibrian

9. “Fortune befriends the bold.” –Emily Dickinson

10. “Freedom lies in being bold.” –Robert Frost

11. “Boldness be my friend.” –William Shakespeare

12. “How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.” –William Wordsworth

13. “Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.” –Alan Alda

14. “Let us be bold. Let us be brave. Let us be together.” –Brad Henry

15. “No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.”-Isaac Newton

16. “Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.” –Anthony Storr

17. “Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure.” –Matt Blunt

18. “Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.” –Voltaire

19. “Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. –Aristophanes

20. “Freedom lies in being bold.” –Robert Frost

21. “How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.” – Sigmund Freud

22. “Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold move which by definition, cannot be planned.” – Ross Johnson

23. “Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

24. “It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

25. “The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it’s boldness.” –Victor Hugo