shatskater
12-30-2004, 11:54 PM
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when George Bush loses his.
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, subsidise it.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
We'd all like to vote for the best man but he's never a candidate.
An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
Jack and Jill did it for the insurance.
There are only two forces that can carry light to all corners of the globe--the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?
People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.
Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.
Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when George Bush loses his.
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, subsidise it.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
We'd all like to vote for the best man but he's never a candidate.
An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
Jack and Jill did it for the insurance.
There are only two forces that can carry light to all corners of the globe--the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?
People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.
Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.