Posted on 10/11/2018 6:16:14 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz
I was thinking of starting a ping list for a weekly Quote thread regarding the government and other topics. Please let me know if this will be useful for this forum and please add your own quotes.
In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
The world is being run by irresponsible spoiled brats.
Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.
The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among people. No one should be too rich.
The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
Liberals have invented whole college majors - psychology, sociology and women's studies - to prove that nothing is anybody's fault
If you talk to most businessmen, they'll say that what they do is for the public good, but you know they're just greedy, and consumers are just consuming for the sake of their own greed.
Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
Term limits aren't enough. We need jail.
We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there.
Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreational purposes. But certain types of votes clearly should be curtailed - 'assault votes,' for example, in which the only purpose of the vote is to harm others.
Fascism is very much a mob movement.
The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.
The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.
Guns are the ultimate bulwark against government misbehavior.
The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.
This web site is for people with similar believes, so I’m sure many would like these posts. I always like what is posted even if it is not news or politics, others on this site offer a wide range on interests to read. Thanks for posting.
Keep in mind that O’Rourke is a Never Trumper.
“The Democratic party may be described as a common sewer and loathsome receptacle into which is emptied every element of treason, every element of inhumanity and barbarism.”
—Indiana Governor Oliver Morton 1866
The more things change, the more they stay the same!
Always study your enemies, you will learn their plans and weakness.
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