Political Quotes - Page 35

• The problem with politics isn't the money; it's the power.

  Harry Browne

  Problem

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• Politicians are leeches, mostly.

  Tibor R. Machan

  Politician

  "Why Honor Politicians?". mises.org. February 24, 2004.

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• The problem isn't the abuse of power; it's the power to abuse.

  Mike Cloud

  Abuse, Problem, Abuse Of Power

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• The indignation of politicians is NOT a good measure of the gravity of any situation.

  Paul Harvey

  Politician, Gravity, Situation

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• We should be long past applauding politicians of any hue: they got us into this mess. The best deserve a probationary opportunity to prove themselves, the worst should be in jail.

  Gerald Warner

  Past, Opportunity, Jail

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• [In politics] no good deed goes unpunished

  Clare Boothe Luce

  Deeds, Good Deeds

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• No one ever died from smoking marijuana, but millions of people have died by believing politicians.

  Harry Browne

  Believe, Marijuana, People

  "Liberty A to Z". p. 55. Book by Harry Browne, 2004.

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• Most politicians believe in just one thing - winning elections. They'll say anything to get in office and stay there.

  Harry Browne

  Believe, Winning, Office

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• The only true allegiance a politician has is to his own re-election.

  Michelle Malkin

  Election, Politician, Allegiance

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• Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually - if not by today's politicians, then by their successors.

  Harry Browne

  Giving, Today, Politician

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• Is there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election?

  Neal Boortz

  Liberty, Causes, Election

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• [Professional politicians] don't mind if price controls cause shortages of health care. In fact, they welcome the prospect, because then they can impose rationing; they can impose priorities, and tell everyone how much of what kind of medical care they can have. And besides, ... there's that deeply satisfying rush of power.

  Murray Rothbard

  Priorities, Mind, Care

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• Cheap medical care is one of the most expensive things there is. So long as politicians can create the illusion of something for nothing, that gets them votes, which is what it is all about, as far as they are concerned.

  Thomas Sowell

  Long, Care, Medical

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• You can't get something for nothing. Everybody remembers this except politicians.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Remember, Politician

  P. J. O'Rourke (2011). “Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics”, p.76, Pan Macmillan

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• Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Jobs, Real

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• Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our money, we are very unlikely to end up better off on net balance.

  Thomas Sowell

  Giving, Imperfection, Forever

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• Congress will always couple one bad idea with another, the better to 'offset' them.

  Jeffery Taylor

  Couple, Ideas, Congress

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• Auschwitz exists because of politicized science.

  Michael Crichton

  Auschwitz

  "Some Like It Hot" by Chris Mooney, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2005.

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• A one-hour work-week...would minimize the damage that Congress can do.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Damage, Week, Hours

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• Some years ago an excellent professor of economics told his class in his gravelly voice, 'If you pay me $50,000 a year to solve a problem, I damned sure ain't going to solve it.'

  Charley Reese

  Years, Class, Voice

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• Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense.

  Donald J. Boudreaux

  Special, Groups, Gains

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• To say Congress is spending like drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors.

  Ronald Reagan

  Politics, Sailor, Insult

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• You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any economist's analysis.

  Thomas Sowell

  Teeth, Analysis, May

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.396, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Serving in Congress is like having a second shot at high school.

  Barney Frank

  School, Congress, Shots

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• Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.

  Thomas Sowell

  Dwarves, Creating, Justice

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