Witty sayings about government

Miscellaneous General
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Government is not evil or good from everyone’s point of view.

Taxation is not theft, it is merely an arranged theft.

Lies beat truth, if you don’t believe me, examine the government.

Government is the master at erasing the “in” in “injustice”.

Revolution is destroying evil with the intention of replacing it.

Government doesn’t help people, it merely stops people from helping each other.

Government wins by default in the realm of history, but the opposite wins by default in the realm of logic.

Markets allow people to agree or disagree. Laws allow people to agree.

Laws do not involve force, they involve arranged force.

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“Politicians like to panic, they need the activity…it’s their substitution for achievement” - Sir Humphrey Appleby

From the fantastic british TV series “Yes Minister” that every libertarian should watch. Deliriously funny send-up of bureucracy.

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There’s no government like no government.

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If men are good, you don’t need government; if men are evil or ambivalent, you don’t dare have one.

How true…

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Devolve, government hates evolution.

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Don’t steal, the government hates competition.

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winner

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'So I hear that liberty without brakes is menacing. Who is she menacing ? Who shall fear the untamed horse, but one who would tame it ? Who shall fear an avalanche, but one who would stop it ? Who trembles in front of liberty, but tyranny ? A menacing liberty… one ought to say it’s the opposite. What is frightening in her is the sound of her irons. Once those are shattered, she is no more tumultuous; but calm and wise.’

-Anselme Bellegarrigue, indirectly dealing with government I say. The one who tries to tame the untamable horse.

By the way..can anyone pronounce this guy’s name? [:P]

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I like this guy’s quotes a lot. And yeh, I think I can manage it having lived in Belgium for far too long :stuck_out_tongue:

And for my quote:

“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”

“The word politics comes from poly, as in many, and ticks, as in blood sucking parasites.”

“America was founded by slave-owners who wanted to be free.” - the last two were by George Carlin.

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“Make love, not war!”

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“That government is best which governs least.”

“If men are good, you don’t need government; if men are evil or ambivalent, you don’t dare have one.” <---- Best.

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Government is a disease that masquerades as its own cure - Lefevre