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The Principle of Spending Money to be Paid by Posterity
“The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swendling futurity on a large scale.” –Thomas Jefferson
It Will be of Little Avail to the People if the Laws are so Voluminous That They Can Not be Read
“It will be of little avail to the people if the laws are so voluminous that they can not be read, or so incoherent that they can not be understood.” …
A Free People Claim Their Rights as Derived From the Laws of Nature
” A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate” — Thomas jefferson
It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government is Wrong
It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government is Wrong – Voltaire
Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. — Frederic Bastiat
Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.
Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen. –Friedrich Nietzsche
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. — Ayn Rand
A Woman Who Demands Further Gun Control Legislation is Like a Chicken
A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. – Larry Elder
If You are Not Prepared to Use Force to Defend Civilization
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. – Thomas Sowell
Giving Money and Power to Government is Like Giving Whiskey and Car Keys to Teenage Boys.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car key to teenage boys. – P.J. O’Rourke
The Government was Set to Protect Man From Criminals
The government was set to protect man from criminals – and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government. –Ayn Rand
Socialism in General has a Record of Failure
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. –Thomas Sowell
Politicians Never Accuse You of Greed for Wanting Other People’s Money — Only For Wanting to Keep Your Own Money
Politicians never accuse you of ‘greed’ for wanting other people’s money— only for wanting to keep your own money. –Joseph Sobran
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. – Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas