The 20 Greatest Quotes From Walter Williams

Townhall.com ^ | June 18, 2013 | John Hawkins

[JCBreckenridge]

“How many votes do you think a James Madison-type senatorial candidate would get if his campaign theme was something like this: “Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there’s no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of benevolence, don’t expect for me to vote for prescription drugs for the elderly, handouts to farmers and food stamps for the poor. Instead, I’ll fight these and other unconstitutional congressional expenditures.” I’ll tell you how many votes he’ll get: It will be Williams’ vote, and that’s it. “

He’d have mine...

[rfreedom4u]

These are awesome! I will share.

[sport]

Mark

[Wilum]

My favorite was from a Limbaugh show long ago when he said his old neighbors from the hood asked him why he moved out and his response was he was tired of bringing his engine in at night!

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Here’s Williams’ roadmap out of poverty: Complete high school; get a job, any kind of a job; get married before having children; and be a law-abiding citizen. Among both black and white Americans so described, the poverty rate is in the single digits.

Once I graduated college and started hiring people, I was stunned by how few applied this very simple formula to their lives. Most graduated high school but very few went on to learn a trade. Many bounced from job-to-job but never built any sort of career. Some had garnishments levied that I'd have to collect and pay. Almost none were married, many with bastard kids where I'd have to keep track of child support. Almost all lived from paycheck to paycheck and griped about being poor.

[MrB]

One of my favorite Williams stories was when he as doing yardwork and some guy stopped by and asked him if he could do some work at his house the next day -

Williams responded that he was a little busy Monday, teaching at the university and all...

[sima_yi]

And mine.

[Mr. K]

That would make a great Speech for Presidential-Candidate Palin to make.

She would win in a landslide

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Now, THAT’S FUNNY.

[bert]

Christmas this year is going to be a problem. My wife bought one of those hard sucking bagless vacuum cleaners. I won’t be able to give her the next years supply of vacuum cleaner bags for Christmas.

Fortunately, her birthday present of a new ironing board cover is still going to be ok.

WW is as good as it gets.

[MrB]

Hey, trash bags are always needed, you know.
And don’t forget one of those “ergonomic” snow shovels for an upgrade to what you gave her last year.

[Wilum]

Loved how he talked about his wife on the show. After she passed away he seemed to lose his comedic spark a little. She obviously meant allot more to him than an ironing board and vacuum.

[Hardastarboard]

"If you hear that they've taken Williams's guns, you can be assured that Williams is probably dead".

I do love me some Walter Williams. One of the greatest Americans ever. With no hyphen.

[Nea Wood]

I love how he plays devil’s advocate by saying, “You say, Williams...” He makes everything so understandable, too.

[jimpick]

I like when he said he bought cleats for his wife so she wouldn’t slip on ice while washing his car in the winter.

[super7man]

When we were first married I bought my wide a new steam iron for her birthday.

Upon opening it she kindly said, “Let me explain the 3 “P”s of buying me a present. It has to be Pretty, Pricy and Impractical. And if you want to argue about what Impractical starts with, you’re dead meat.”

I learned my lesson well and just celebrated our 34th anniversary. ;o)

[super7man]

wide=wife

Oh man, I am in such big trouble.

[Billthedrill]

Suppose I hire you to repair my computer. The job is worth $200 to me and doing the job is worth $200 to you. The transaction will occur because we have a meeting of the mind. Now suppose there’s the imposition of a 30 percent income tax on you. That means you won’t receive $200 but instead $140. You might say the heck with working for me — spending the day with your family is worth more than $140. You might then offer that you’ll do the job if I pay you $285. That way your after-tax earnings will be $200 — what the job was worth to you. There’s a problem. The repair job was worth $200 to me, not $285. So it’s my turn to say the heck with it. This simple example demonstrates that one effect of taxes is that of eliminating transactions, and hence jobs.

OK, that was simply beautiful. BTT

[Dead Corpse]

Mine too.