Interesting, And Humorous, Political Quotes - Still Relevant Today

Who's To Blame? HIM, Of Course....

Although many of these quotations were either: penned, or spoken long ago, it is amazing how relevant that they continually remain today... at least, to those who don't understand the True Value [or, Authoritative Power] of History. Even though the individual human players will continue to change over time, their Normative and Inherently Human Characteristics do not... nor, do their: Personal Agendas, Political Tactics, or Situational Failings. People are inherently drawn toward that, which is their greatest [and potentially destructive] human weakness: Alcoholics to Alcohol, Junkies to Drugs, Gamblers to Casinos, Sex Addicts to Prostitutes, Robbers to Banks... and Politicians to: Money, Notoriety, and Raw Political Power.   

Since the "Universal Laws Of Cause And Effect" remain constant and never change over time, truly insightful statements are timeless and of considerable value - irrespective of any other contributing environmental factors. Of such caliber, are the following Political Statements:



Quotable Quotes, Still Relevant Today:

• "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
• "Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries." - Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton 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