Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. |
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. |
Government has laid its hand on health, housing, farming, industry, commerce, education, and to an ever-increasing degree interferes with the people's right to know. Government tends to grow, government programs take on weight and momentum as public servants say, always with the best of intentions. But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector of the economy. |
Government is bad when it takes more than 30 percent of a taxpayer's income in taxes. Proudhon was wrong when he said property is theft; it's our federal budget that is institutionalized theft. |
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. |
Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid. |
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it |
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it |
Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. |
Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth. |
Governments tend not to solve problems, only rearrange them |
He will be remembered not only as a pioneer in his time, but as a dominant figure in world history, |
Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer. |
History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20% of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government. . . . When it reaches 25%, there comes an increase in lawlessness. |
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap |