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[...] a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles [...] is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and keep a government free.
- — Benjamin Franklin
I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence "democracy," and the other, "tyranny."
- — Karl Popper
The world’s problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom.
- — Julian Simon
We have to move away. Environmental activists don’t use logic or reason.
- — Stanley, in South Park
Because of the oil-and-water relationship governments have cultivated between ethics and political economy, speaking in plain terms—spelling it out as it is—as become foreign to the public. So here goes: When government sports a "surplus," this implies that the political pickpockets have stolen more funds than they can possibly dream of spending. The property is not theirs to keep! Conversely, when "deficits" are reported, this means that the kleptomaniacs have not been able to steal sufficient funds to cover their profligacy.
- — Deficit disorders, by Ilana Mercer
Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only.
- — Adam Smith
We will never have a true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
- — Will Rogers
No matter who you vote for, the government gets elected.
Politics, from the Greek "poly", meaning many, and "ticks", small, annoying bloodsuckers.
- — Dave Barry
Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.
- — Robert A. Heinlein
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