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

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul. -George Bernard Shaw

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner. -James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

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

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

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else. -Frederic Bastiat, French
Economist (1801-1850)

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, subsidize it. -Ronald Reagan (1986)

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

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free! -P.J. O'Rourke

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as
possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire
(1764)

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.)

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

Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -Unknown

The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -Ronald Reagan

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the
blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of
misery. -Winston Churchill

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

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher
(1820-1903)

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
-Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

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

These are awesome quotes.

These are my faves:

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

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free! -P.J. O'Rourke