'If you don't read the newspaper
you are uninformed, if you do
read the newspaper you are
misinformed.'

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

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support
of Paul.
-.George Bernard Shaw

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 (1986)

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to
take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson