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Re: The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
Robert A. Heinlein

Reminds me of what three other great Americans had to offer back in the day...

Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
- George Washington

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!
- Benjamin Franklin

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

And you gotta love a guy... who can say, "Be wary of strong drink. It may cause you to shoot at the tax collector... And miss."

Oh, Bob... I miss your writing so much!

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Good Ones

Here is a couple on Tax by MARK TWAIN

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
- Notebook, 1902

We've got so much taxation. I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed except the answer to prayer.
- Morals speech, 1906

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And by Jonathan Swift

"For God's sake, madam, don't say that in England for if you do, they will surely tax it."
Swift responding to Lady Carteret's admiration for the quality of the air in Ireland.
Hesketh Pearson,Lives of the Wits, 1962.