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Old 10-31-2014, 12:37 PM
 
Location: CO
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"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." [G.W. BUSH]
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Old 10-31-2014, 12:46 PM
 
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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain
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Old 10-31-2014, 12:50 PM
 
Location: Austin
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.
Mikhail Bakunin
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Old 10-31-2014, 12:56 PM
 
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"For the first time in my adult life, I'm proud of my country."

-- Michelle Obama
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Old 10-31-2014, 12:58 PM
 
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Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Will Rogers
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Old 10-31-2014, 01:00 PM
 
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“99% of failures come from people who make excuses.”
― George Washington

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Old 10-31-2014, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Tulare County, Ca
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"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."
They cannot leave well enough alone."


Milton Friedman
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Old 10-31-2014, 02:01 PM
 
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"Fascism will come wrapped in a flag and carrying a bible."

Sinclair Lewis

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
Charles Austin Beard

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
Thomas Paine

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.
Thomas Paine

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Old 10-31-2014, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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That is a great quote!

I like these:

"The most frightening thing a person can here is: I'm from the government and I'm here to help"

and

"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
“I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast.”

Ronald Reagan
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Old 10-31-2014, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Someplace Wonderful
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There comes a time when the wealthy and the privileged become so rich, so powerful, that they begin to see themselves as gods, and the rest of us a slaves.

- yours truly -

(actually I heard it on the radio, but I cannot recall who really did say it )
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