We 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
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. – Frederic Bastiat
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. – James Bovard
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. – George Bernard Shaw
Public office is the last refuge of the incompetent. – Boies Penrose
Like an episode of Seinfeld, Canadian politics has become a show about nothing. – Alex Himelfarb
If America was trying to keep the bubonic plague out of its hemisphere, Canadians would import it just to show their independence of American foreign policy. – Barbara Amiel
The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program. – Ronald Reagan
A government committee charged with considering three possible courses of action soon had the choice narrowed down to eight. – Richard Needham
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. – Edward Langley
I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. – Will Rogers
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