The Last Refuge of Scoundrels

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Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future. – W. Bourke Cockran

We need to revise the old saying to read, hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned. – Milton friedman

Guidelines for Bureaucrat: (1) When in charge ponder. (2) When in trouble delegate. (3) When in doubt mumble. – James H. Boren

In a bureaucratic system, increase in expenditure will be matched by fall in production. – Max Gammon

Issues are the last refuges of scoundrels. – Edmund G. Brown, Jr.

It is because we put up with bad things that hotelkeepers continue to give them to us. – Anthony Trollope

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program. – Michael Main

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The Only Way to Cut Governmental Spending

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They say there are only two certainties in life, taxes and death. The only difference is, death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets. – Spark M. Matsunaga

The only way to cut governmental spending is not to give them the money to spend in the first place. – Howard Jarvis

I’m proud to pay taxes in the United States. The only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money. – Arthur Godfrey

Tax reform means: “Don’t tax me. Don’t tax thee. Tax that guy behind the tree.” – Russell Long

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. – Milton Friedman

Why does a tax increase cost you $200 and a substantial tax cut save you 30 cents? – Peg Bracken

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. – Calvin Coolidge

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. – Albert Einstein

It Gnaws at a Man’s Substance with Invisible Teeth

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With money in your pocket, you are wise, and you are handsome, and you sing well, too. – Yiddish proverb

From birth to 18, a girl needs good parents; from 18 to 35 she need good looks; from35 to 55 she needs a good personality; and from 55 on she needs cash. – Sophie Tucker

Money is the only substance which can keep a cold world from nicknaming a citizen “Hey, you!” – Wilson Mizner

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. – Yiddish proverb

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. – Milton
Friedman

Interest works night and day, in fair weather and foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth. – Henry Ward Beecher

Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. – Benjamin Franklin

The Immaculate Conception was Spontaneous Combustion

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The idealist walks on his toes, the materialist walks on his talons. – Malcolm De Chazal

I went to the convent in New York and was fired finally for my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was spontaneous combustion. – Dorothy Parker

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. – Susan Ertz

It is better to have a permanent income than be fascinating. – Oscar Wilde

Inflation is one form of taxation that can be imposed with legislation. – Milton Friedman

Insanity: a perfectly rational adjustment to the insane world. – R.D. Laing

An interview is an intimate conversation between journalist and politician wherein the journalist seeks to take advantage of the garrulity of the politician and the politician of the credulity of the journalist. – Emery Kelen

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence --- on pain of execution. – George Bernard Shaw

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