Selected Contemporary and Historical Quotations on Political Issues
"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!"
— George W. Bush (Oval office meeting, November 2005)
(see George Washington's quote on this subject)
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of."
— Texas State Rep. Suzanna Gratia-Hupp
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money"
— Margaret Thatcher
"I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is – I could be just as proud for half the money."
— Arthur Godfrey
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
"There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men."
— Sgt. Charles Zim (Starship Troopers, page 61, Robert Heinlein)
Elephant: a mouse built to government specifications.
Social Security: a pension plan built to government specifications.
Obamacare: a healthcare plan built to government specifications.
"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."
— P.J. O'Rourke
"If Guns are responsible for Columbine, then spoons are responsible for Rosie O'Donnell being fat."
— (Anonymous)
"We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules, and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists." ---
— Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, September 13, 2001
"Anyone may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes."
— Justice Learned Hand
Helvering v. Gregory, 69 F.2d 810 (1934)
The height of deceit: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
We preserve our freedoms using four boxes —
— the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
Lawyer: the larval form of Politician.
"Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant."
— Clint Eastwood
The best defence against logic is ignorance, so don't ever expect to win an argument with a liberal.
"We must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis."
— Mr. Spock
1st Officer, Starship Enterprise
"We make war that we may live in peace."
— Aristotle
Our job is to make terrorism so horrific that it becomes unthinkable to attack Americans.
— Gabriel Shear (Swordfish, Warner Bros., 2001)
"A politician focuses on the next election. A statesman focuses on the next generation."
— (unknown)
