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  • The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.Upload to Facebook
    The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
    ~ Mark Twain
    Politics and Politicians   
  • The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.Upload to Facebook
    The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
    Government   
  • No man`s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.Upload to Facebook
    No man`s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
    ~ Mark Twain
    Society   
  • Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!Upload to Facebook
    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.)
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  • Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.Upload to Facebook
    Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
    Government   
  • A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.Upload to Facebook
    A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
    ~ George Bernard Shaw
    Society   
  • 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.Upload to Facebook
    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
    Society   
  • In my many years, I have come to a conclusion, that one useless man is a shame, two [useless men] is a law firm and three or more [useless men] is a government.Upload to Facebook
    In my many years, I have come to a conclusion, that one useless man is a shame, two [useless men] is a law firm and three or more [useless men] is a government.
    ~ John Adams
    Politics and Politicians   
  • One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.Upload to Facebook
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
    ~ Plato
    Politics and Politicians   
  • If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. Upload to Facebook
    If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
    ~ Mark Twain
    Politics and Politicians   
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