Philosophical Quotes

[Samson]

Enjoy these quotes, sad, but fact.


                         
             
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the
newspaper you are misinformed.
  - Mark Twain

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

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

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

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.
  - Larry Nevels (2008)

The government is like a baby's alimentary canal: 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


                           Does it sound familiar, Samson, 

 






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[Matt]

That Mark Twain sure was a character!

There certainly is nothing new under the sun. 
I can't wait until we are all in the presence of THE Son.

[OBrenda]

Hey Samson,

Those were spot on for our current situation.
Wisdom is timeless...

My Grandma was a "Clemens" so I have a special attachment to Mark Twain!
(Samuel Langhorne Clemens)  maybe I'm also related to Longhorn? 

Thanks for sharing,
Brenda

[Longhorn]

Great post Samson.   Iv'e allways been a fan of all the Great Philosifer.  You might not believe this, but when old Loghorn graduated form High school, I had skoalership offers from some of the finest Truck Driving schools in the Nation, as far away as Oklahoma.

But sound judgment kicked in(as well as the Moonshine), and I took the advise of my dear Old Granpaw.  He said Longhorn, if you ever want to make anything of your miserable life, it would be wise to move out here on the farm and live off nature, and dangit if he wasn't right.

So heres my contribution to this philosophy thread.  This should help everyone on this board.


If the Buzzards wont eat it, you need to either

1. Throw it out

2. Burry it.

3. Burn it.

I hope that has helped some people.

Love in Christ

Longhorn

[Ninny]

Longhorn,
That's the best advice I ever heard! HA! I'll bet there has never been a dead politician who was eaten by a buzzard! Smart birds! ha!

Kathy

[Samson]

Hey Samson,

Those were spot on for our current situation.
Wisdom is timeless...

My Grandma was a "Clemens" so I have a special attachment to Mark Twain!
(Samuel Langhorne Clemens)  maybe I'm also related to Longhorn? 

Thanks for sharing,
Brenda

Hey Brenda,

                 You may be related to Longhorn,  , maybe you've been eating some of his watermellon soaked in

                 Boonesfarm Apple wine, after too many of those watermellon slices, you may end up eating

                 some of that dead buzzard,  . If the economy continues in it's present direction, we will all

                 be eating some Crow and Humble Pie. 


                                                Kind Regards, Samson.