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“A foreigner coming here and reading the Congressional Record would say that the President of the United States was elected solely for the purpose of giving Senators somebody to call a horse thief.”

Giving States Government Purpose Reading President United United States Records Horse Congress Thieves Senators Foreigners

Book:Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties

Source: Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties

“You've got to remember that it's a two horse race. So when the Government is doing badly the Opposition is doing better and vice versa.”

Two Government Remember Race Horse Vices Opposition Vice Versa

Author:Malcolm Turnbull

“Beneath a free government there is nothing but the intelligence of the people to keep the people's peace. Order must be preserved, not by a military police or regiments of horse-guards, but by the spontaneous concert of a well-informed population, resolved that the rights which have been rescued from despotism shall not be subverted by anarchy.”

People Wells Has Beens Government Order Rights Military Horse Police Population Concerts Anarchy Spontaneous Despotism Free Government Military Police

Book:Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions

Source: Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions

“In America, where the electoral process is drowning in commercial techniques of fund-raising and image-making, we may have completed a circle back to a selection process as unconcerned with qualifications as that which made Darius King of Persia. ... he whose horse was the first to neigh at sunrise should be King.”

Should Firsts May Made Government America Politics Process Kings Horse Technique Circles Fund Sunrise Selection Drowning Qualifications Persia Unconcerned Electoral Process Darius

Author:Barbara Tuchman

“A camel is a horse designed by a committee and a committee's a sweet running piece of machinery compared to any government.”

Government Running Pieces Sweet Horse Committees Machinery Camels

Book:The Far Call

Source: The Far Call

“If a government commission had worked on the horse, you would have the first horse that could operate its knee joint in both directions. The trouble is it couldn't have stood up.”

Ifs Firsts Government Trouble Horse Knees Joints Stood Up

Author:Peter Drucker

“When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion,--or, in other words, when his HOBBY-HORSE grows head- strong,--farewell cool reason and fair discretion.”

Men Giving Reason Government Passion Strong Grows Fairs Horse Hobbies Farewell Ruling Discretion Ruling Passion

Book:3 Books by Laurence Sterne

Source: 3 Books by Laurence Sterne

“If we'd had government on [today's] scale in the 1840s, the stagecoaches would have hired lobbyists to get a bill passed that railroads could not travel faster than a horse because it would be an unfair competitive advantage.”

Ifs Government Would Be Today Advantage Horse Bills Scales Faster Unfair Railroads Competitive Advantage Lobbyists Stagecoaches

Author:Newt Gingrich

“America's remaining wild horses are under aggressive attack and rapidly disappearing from government-managed, citizen-owned wilderness spaces.”

Government America Space Citizens Horse Disappear Wilderness Aggressive Wild Horses

Author:Zoe Helene

“Offering 'comprehensive' reform usually means years of arguing and horse-trading among pressure groups to get anything done. By the time all the special interests are appeased or bought off, the resulting elephantine legislation typically looks nothing like what was intended. In short, big-government medicine usually doesn't work on big-government sickness. If President Obama wants 'comprehensive' change, it would be better simply not to spend any more money we don't have.”

“Free trade is the serial killer of American manufacturing and the Trojan Horse of world government. It is the primrose path to the loss of economic independence and national sovereignty. Free trade is a bright, shining lie.”

“Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it's cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government.”

Men Government Motivational Remember Leadership Inspiring Son Horse Boss Cattle

Book:Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers

Source: Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers

“Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them." I say to him, "No, my horses suit me; I will not sell them." Then he goes to my neighbor and says to him, "Joseph has some good horses. I want to buy them, but he refuses to sell." My neighbor answers, "Pay me the money and I will sell you Joseph's horses." The white man returns to me and says, "Joseph, I have bought your horses and you must let me have them." If we sold our lands to the government, this is the way they bought them.”

“The history of government regulation of food safety is one of government watchdogs chasing the horse after it's out of the barn.”

Government Culture Food Horse Safety Cooking Culinary Regulation Chasing Barns Government Regulation Food Safety

Author:David Aaron Kessler