We collect taxes so that the government can perform its functions. But we’ve gotten away from that. We should collect those taxes in such a way as to do minimum harm to the economy as a whole. Taxes are by their very nature a negative influence… Tom Clancy
Executive Orders, 1996
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[S]he had never believed in fighting fair. Either you fought, or you did not, and it was never a game. Fairness was for people standing safely to one side, talking while others bled. Robert Jordan
Cadsuane, Crossroads of Twilight, Wheel of Time
A campaign finance bill sponsored by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and …
A campaign finance bill sponsored by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Russell Feingold (D-WI) was proposed and rejected by the Senate due to questions about its constitutionality and one-sidedness. Al Gore backed the bill strongly, and even claimed ‘Unlike Senator [Bill] Bradley, I was a co-sponsor of it’ in the November 24, 1999 New York Times. But as noted by Bill Bradley’s campaign, ‘Gore not only did not, but could not have co-sponsored McCain-Feingold. Russ Feingold was not elected until 1992. Al Gore quite the Senate in 1992 to become Vice President. Feingold and Gore never served together.’ Al Gore
Bradley Press Release, December 7, 1999. It was thus impossible for Gore to have co-sponsored this bill.
The punishment of a member (of Congress) who should move for such …
The punishment of a member (of Congress) who should move for such a law [as fiat money] ought to be death. Thomas Paine
Government exists to protect us from each other. We can’t afford …
Government exists to protect us from each other. We can’t afford the government it would take to protect us from ourselves. Ronald Reagan
New York Times, April 13, 1980
Anarchy did not kill six million Jews…Nazi Socialism did under the …
Anarchy did not kill six million Jews…Nazi Socialism did under the guise of Law and Order and what was best for the majority. Unknown Israeli (Holocaust survivor)
The world is as good as you are. You’ve got to …
The world is as good as you are. You’ve got to learn to like yourself first. I’m a little screwed up, but I’m beautiful. Steve McQueen
If I lose mine honour, I lose myself William Shakespeare Ant & Cleo, …
If I lose mine honour, I lose myself
William Shakespeare
Ant & Cleo, Act iii, Sc.4
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all …
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite. Thomas Jefferson
I didn’t realize I was in a Buddhist temple. Al Gore …
I didn’t realize I was in a Buddhist temple.
Al Gore
When asked about his illegal fundraising activities that took place in a Buddhist temple. He could have added ‘I know a lot of places where bald men run around in orange robes with incense burning that aren’t Buddhist temples.’ A Senate committee investigating campaign finance voted to issue 43 new subpoenas, including 23 connected to a Democratic fund-raising event at the Hsi Lai Buddhist temple in California that was attended by Vice President Al Gore. Participants paid $2,500 each to attend, in apparent violation of the temple’s tax-free status as a non-political religious group (5/23/1997)