Humorous comments on govt, politics, bureaucracy by legends

A Collection of superb, hard hitting, humorous comments on govt, politics, bureaucracy by legends .  👌👏

*"In my many years I have come to a conclusion, ... that one useless man is a shame,   two [useless men] is a law firm and three or more [useless men] is a government."*
~John Adams

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*"If you don't read the newspaper you are  uninformed, if you do read the newspaper, you are  misinformed."*

~Mark Twain

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*"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

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*"A government which  robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of  Paul."*

~George Bernard Shaw 

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*"Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries."*

~ Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

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*"Giving  money and  power to  government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."*

~P.J. O'Rourke,  Civil Libertarian

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*"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!"*

~Pericles (430  B.C.) 

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*"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session."*

~Mark Twain  (1866)
                            
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*"The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other."*

~ Ronald  Reagan 

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*"The  only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin."*

~Mark Twain

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*"What this country needs are more unemployed politicians."*

~Edward Langley,  Artist (1928-1995) 
                            
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*"A  government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."*

~Thomas Jefferson 

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*"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."*

~Aesop 
               
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*"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!"*

~P.J.  O'Rourke

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