The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
Big government helps the people who have made it. It crushes the people who are trying to make it.