Political Quotes - Page 38

• If there's a distinct group of Americans who harbor open contempt for constitutional principles and rule of law, it's lawyers, judges and members of Congress.

  Walter E. Williams

  Law, Judging, Principles

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• ... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich directly benefit, since greedy politicians are unable to seize as much of their money. And the rest of us benefit, since this puts downward pressure on tax rates as governments try to keep the geese that lay the golden eggs from flying away.

  Daniel J. Mitchell

  Government, Eggs, Flying

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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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• The purpose of the Senate is to keep 100 middle aged knuckleheads out of the private sector where they can do real harm.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Real, Knuckleheads, Purpose

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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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• Doing nothing in the public policy world allows much more to be done in the real world.

  Thomas Hazlett

  Real, Done, World

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• You know that a plan was dreamed up by politicians and pollsters - and not by, oh, anyone who knows what they are talking about - when the numbers are nice and round with a catchy ring to them.

  Jerry Taylor

  Nice, Talking, Numbers

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• People constantly speak of 'the government' doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is really nothing but a group of men, and usually they are very inferior men. They may have some better man working for them, but they themselves are seldom worthy of any respect.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, People, Groups

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• I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics.

  Michael Crichton

  Smart, Ideas, Enough

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• Turning to politicians is the worst way to solve a problem.

  Jim Babka

  Way, Problem, Politician

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• Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize that ridiculous Enron project in India.' ... After all, they're greedy businessmen and you're a selfless public servant.

  Harry Browne

  Sorry, Mean, Should Have

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• Whenever you come across a screw-up this big, you know the government is behind it.

  Ann Coulter

  Government, Screw Ups, Bigs

  Ann Coulter (2004). “How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter”, p.133, Crown Forum

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• In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and sheer cloudy vagueness... Political language [is] designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.

  George Orwell

  Lying, Writing, Political Language

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• Everybody in politics lies.

  David Geffen

  Lying

  "Obama's Big Screen Test". www.nytimes.com. February 21, 2007.

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• Politicians are masters of sounding like they agree with you.

  Mike Cloud

  Politician, Masters, Agree

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• Overreaction is one of the things that congress specializes in. I can't think of anything congress does better than overreact.

  Fred Barnes

  Thinking, Doe, Congress

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• We have a lot of politicians who have really small brains and really big hearts.

  Rand Paul

  Heart, Brain, Politician

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I try to ONLY ridicule people who's efforts are sincere. Very little trouble has been caused in the world by insincere efforts. An occasional seduction maybe. There were very few insincere Stalinists or Nazis.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  People, Effort, Trying

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• The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation.

  Thomas Sowell

  Ideas, Would Be, Politician

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• Politicians learned hundreds of years ago that people who had little material wealth were incredibly jealous of those who had more than they did. This deep-seated envy was ripe for exploitation - and the exploitation has been running rampant for generations.

  Neal Boortz

  Running, Jealous, Years

  Neal Boortz (1998). “The Terrible Truth About Liberals”, p.123, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• Given the low level of competence among politicians, every American should become a libertarian. The government that governs least is certainly the best choice when fools, opportunists and grafters run it. When power is for sale, then the government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

  Charley Reese

  Running, Government, Choices

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• There are enough fools in Washington to destroy the country without any help from Muslim terrorists.

  Paul Craig Roberts

  Country, Fool, Helping

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• I would like to offer a candidate to be added to the venerable list of English collective nouns: a scum of politicians.

  John P. Wheeler III

  Nouns, Scum, Lists

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• Politicians are frightened to death of people who actually believe in liberty.

  Neal Boortz

  Believe, People, Liberty

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• For all their talk about the virtues of democracy, many incumbent politicians really don't like it when voters have a voice-not if that voice is effective.

  Paul Jacob

  Voice, Democracy, Voters

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