American democracy [will] be spoiled by demagogues who …mouth populist shibboleths to conceal their despotism”
Alexander Hamilton
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
Hubert H. Humphrey
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free.
P. J. O'Rourke
Congress is continually appointing fact-finding committees, when what we really need are some fact-facing committees.
Roger Allen
What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that, he was already $170,000 in debt. You’d tell him to get his act together–stop spending so much or he’d destroy his family, impoverish his kids and wreck their future. Of course, no individual could live so irresponsibly for long. But tack on eight more zeroes to that budget and you have the checkbook for our out-of-control, big-spending federal government.
John Stosssel