Politicians are the same everywhere

[dgriffin]

But beauty queens are definitely NOT all the same!

[clarencebunsen]

I can't vouch for the authenticity of any of these, but several fall into the category: If they aren't true they should be.

Political axioms

'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

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'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
(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.)

,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)


AND THE BEST ONE.......

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

[dgriffin]

Hahahaha! Yes, especially the last one.

Also, a good way to spend a weekend morning:

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