Humorous Lines

Dear Friends

Happy Evening

A Collection of superb, hard hitting, humorous lines 

*"In my many years I have come to a conclusion, ..

. that one useless man is a shame,  two [useless men] is a law firm and

 three or more [useless men] is a government."*

~John Adams 

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*"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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*"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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*"A government which  robs Peter to pay Paul can always 

depend on the support of  Paul."*

~George Bernard Shaw  

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*"Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from 

poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries."*

~ Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University 

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*"Giving  money and  power to  government is like giving whiskey 

and car keys to teenage boys."*

~P.J. O'Rourke,  Civil Libertarian 

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*"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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*"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session."*

~Mark Twain  (1866)

                             

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*"The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy 

appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other."*

~ Ronald  Reagan  

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*"The  only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is

 that the taxidermist leaves the skin."*

~Mark Twain 

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*"What this country needs are more unemployed politicians."*

~Edward Langley,  Artist (1928-1995)  

                             

      

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*"A  government big enough to give you everything you want, 

is strong enough to take everything you have."*

~Thomas Jefferson  

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*"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."*

~Aesop  

                

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*"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it 

costs when it's free!"*

~P.J.  O'Rourke

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