Government True-isms:

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself.
-Mark Twain 


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 

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
-P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian 

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-Will Rogers 


No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
-Mark Twai n (1866) 


The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
-Mark Twain 


There is no distinctly Native American criminal class . . . save Congress.
-Mark Twain


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