Government truisms/true isms

[Senna Jawa]

(I got this collection passed to me by a friend).

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Government True-isms:

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-George Bernard Shaw

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Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
-James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

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Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
-Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

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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)

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I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-Will Rogers (1938)

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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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Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.
-Unknown

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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 (1948)

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What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
-Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

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A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Thomas Jefferson

 

[champagne1982]

My favourite oxymoron...

Anarchy Rules!​

 

[dombreak]

who needs sex when your govenment fucks you anyway?

 

[Liar]

Molly Ivins * 2

"We own this country, we're the board of directors. They're just someone we hired to drive the bus for a while."

"The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it's neither orderly nor quiet. It requites a certain relish for confusion."

 

[Teloz]

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Winston Churchill

 

[Mandala40]

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Winston Churchill

Unfortunately, when people lose patience with democratically elected officials, they may be tempted with what they consider to be enlightened despotism. It is sometimes tempting to imagine the rule of a dictator who agrees with one. The problem is that he may be replaced with a dictator who wants one dead. Enlightenment cannot be institutionalized. Despotism can be.