Great Truth To Think About

GREAT TRUTHS

1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.

-- John Adams

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2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.

-- Mark Twain

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3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of

Congress. But then I repeat myself.

-- Mark Twain

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4. 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

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5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on
    the support of Paul.

-- GeorgeBernard Shaw

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6. 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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7. 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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8. No man's life, liberty, or

    property is safe while the

    legislature is in session.

      -- Mark Twain (1866)