“Prada makes really nice bags and then somebody in China makes knockoffs. This is the knockoff version of the mutant world. You have Weapon X. you have government spending millions of dollars to make it, and then you have these guys who are making thugs out of people that they pull off the street, or who are damaged, or who have found themselves in terrible positions for some reason.” PeopleWorldReasonGovernmentGuyFoundMillionsNiceStreetsPositionTerribleWeaponsDollarsChinaSpendingVersionsBagsReally NiceThugGovernment SpendingMutantsPradaKnockoffs Author:Timothy Miller
“Never mind that the new Visitors Center in Washington DC cost the taxpayers $621 million. Oh and that was ONLY $550 million more than the project was originally supposed to cost. Not to mention the fact that it was supposed to open three years ago .. but it was a government operation. What do you expect? I definitely want to put these people in charge of my healthcare and my retirement plan.” PeopleWantYearsMindFactsGovernmentThreeMillionsPlansCostProjectsYears AgoOperationsRetirementThree YearsHealthcareTaxpayersVisitorsWashington Dc Author:Neal Boortz
“Even if torture works, it cannot be tolerated -- not in one case or a thousand or a million. If their efficacy becomes the measure of abhorrent acts, all sorts of unspeakable crimes somehow become acceptable. I may have found myself on the wrong side of government on torture. But I'm on the right side of history. There are things we should not do, even in the name of national security. One of them, I now firmly believe, is torture.” IfsShouldBelieveMayGovernmentFoundNamesSidesMillionsCasesSecurityCrimeThousandTortureWorking ItAcceptableNational SecurityUnspeakableEfficacyAbhorrent Author:John Kiriakou
“I believe it is essential to have English as the official language of our National Government, for the English language is the tie that binds the millions of immigrants who come to America from divergent backgrounds. We should, and do, encourage immigrants to maintain and share their traditions, customs and religions, but the use of English is essential for immigrants and their children to participate fully in American society and achieve the American dream.” ShouldBelieveChildrenUseDreamGovernmentAmericaLanguageI BelieveMillionsShareAchieveEssentialsTraditionBackgroundsTiesOfficialsImmigrantsCustomsAmerican DreamEnglish LanguageDivergentAmerican SocietyTies That Bind Author:Jim Sensenbrenner
“What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the hand full of billionaires.” PeopleEnoughHandsGovernmentPoliticalMillionsRevolutionStandingCampaignsBillionaireEnough Is EnoughPolitical Revolution Author:Bernie Sanders
“By this means (fractional reserve banking) government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.” PeopleMenMayMeanGovernmentWealthMillionsOne ManReservesBankingTheftFederal Reserve Author:John Maynard Keynes
“There is very little that our government or any government can do to plant the seeds of international understanding in the hearts and minds of people around the world. If people by the millions can reach out their hands in friendship and communicate directly warmth, personal interest and respect, it will be a real beginning in the struggle for a peaceful world.” PeopleIfsWorldMindHeartLittlesRealHandsGovernmentUnderstandingInterestCan DoMillionsStrugglePlantInternationalCommunicateSeedsPeacefulAround The WorldWarmthReach OutHeart And MindPeaceful WorldPersonal Interest Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“How, voters will ask, can we cover 50 million new people without any new doctors or nurses? The answer is to ration health care, with the U.S. government deciding whom will get hip and knee replacements, heart bypass surgery and all manner of medical treatments. And what does rationing mean? It means that the elderly will be denied care, which they can now get whenever they want it.” PeopleWantHeartMeanDoeGovernmentCareAsksAnswersMillionsDoctorsMedicalHipsHealth CareKneesTreatmentVotersDeniedNurseSurgeryElderlyReplacementsBypassMedical TreatmentRations Author:Dick Morris
“The federal government has made explicit and implicit promises to millions of people, but has put no money aside in order to keep those promises. Some of you may wonder where Bernie Madoff got the idea for his Ponzi scheme. Clearly he was studying federal entitlement policy.” PeopleMayMadeIdeasGovernmentOrderWonderMillionsStudyPolicyPromiseSchemesFederal GovernmentEntitlementNo MoneyExplicitImplicitPonzi SchemeMadoff Author:John C. Goodman
“Taking a man's money without his consent, is also as much robbery, when it is done by millions of men, acting in concert, and calling themselves a government, as when it is done by a single individual, acting on his own responsibility, and calling himself a highwayman.” MenDoneGovernmentIndividualActingResponsibilityMillionsCallingConcertsConsentRobberyHighwaymen Book:An Essay on the Trial by Jury Source: An Essay on the Trial by Jury
“Who can dispute that the governments of the United States constitute the most voracious tax system in the history of mankind? In the year 2000, those governments succeeded in laying hands on more than $3 trillion - almost $11,000 each for the 275 million men, women, and children resident in the country. No other nation-state rakes in an amount even close to the U.S. total.” MenYearsChildrenCountryStatesHandsGovernmentNationsUnitedMillionsUnited StatesMankindAmountTaxesDisputesMen WomenResidentsRakesTax System Author:Robert Higgs
“Since the government creates no wealth, it can only transfer the wealth required to hire people. Even if the government creates a million jobs, that is not a net increase in jobs, when the money that pays for those jobs is taken from the private sector, which loses that much ability to create private jobs.” PeopleIfsGovernmentJobsLosesWealthAbilityPayMillionsTakenIncreaseTransfersPrivate Sector Author:Thomas Sowell
“How do you 'invest in the future'? By borrowing $188 million every hour. That's what the Government of the United States is doing. It's spending one-fifth of a billion dollars it doesn't have every hour of every day of every week - all for your future!” StatesGovernmentHoursUnitedMillionsUnited StatesWeekDollarsSpendingBillionsOur FutureFifthYour FutureBorrowing Author:Mark Steyn
“Notwithstanding what some regard as the institutionalization of compassion, the transfer society quashes genuine virtue. Redistribution of income by means of government coercion is a form of theft. Its supporters attempt to disguise its essential character by claiming that democratic procedures give it legitimacy, but this justification is specious. Theft is theft, whether it be carried out by one thief or by a hundred million thieves acting in concert. And it is impossible to found a good society on the institutionalization of theft.” GivingMeanCharacterGovernmentFormFoundActingCompassionMillionsVirtueImpossibleEssentialsHundredRegardDemocraticGenuineIncomeConcertsThievesJustificationDisguiseSupporterProceduresTheftCoercionTransfersLegitimacy Author:Robert Higgs
“It is impossible to manage the health care requirements of tens of millions of American citizens at the federal level. It is impossible to manage all of the permutations of people's economic aspirations and lives through a complex tax code. It is impossible to try to second-guess the market. It is impossible, from a managerial standpoint, for the federal government to do the things it is trying to do today.” PeopleTryingGovernmentCareTodayLevelsMillionsImpossibleEconomicCitizensTaxesComplexesManageHealth CareCodeAspirationRequirementsFederal GovernmentStandpointAmerican Citizens Author:Frederick W. Smith
“I'm a big believer in getting money from where the money is, and the money is in Washington. I learned from running the Olympics that you can get money there to help build economic opportunities. We actually got over $410 million from the federal government; that is a huge increase over anything ever done before. We did that by going after every agency of government. That kind of creativity I want to bring to everything we do (in Massachusetts).” WantKindDoneHelpingBigsGovernmentRunningOpportunityCreativityMillionsEconomicHugeIncreaseBelieverAgencyOlympicsFederal GovernmentGet MoneyMassachusetts Author:Mitt Romney
“With these 11 million people here illegally, let's have them registered, know who they are, those that are her paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process towards application for citizenship.” PeopleKnowsShouldGovernmentProcessMillionsTaxesBenefitsApplicationCitizenshipPaying Taxes Author:Mitt Romney
“We have a conservative government that only thinks in terms of efficiency. They are spending a lot of money on military expenses and less and less on culture. My position is that culture can actually be economically viable. When I make a film, the film costs $3 million. Now, in Quebec, it grossed $3.5 million, which is a small film. It's not a comedy. There are no stars in it. And, it still grosses $3.5 million. That's just in Quebec.” ThinkingStillsGovernmentFilmCultureStarsTermMillionsComedyMilitaryPositionCostConservativeSpendingExpensesLots Of MoneyEfficiencyQuebecSpending A Lot Of Money Author:Philippe Falardeau
“The rebel army in Libya is just like 1,000 guys in Toyota trucks. The world is asking the question; can 1000 anti-government guys in pick-up trucks with small arms, take over a country of millions? To which I say, ask the Teabaggers.” WorldCountryGovernmentGuyAsksMillionsArmsPicksArmyAskingRebelTruckLibyaToyotaAnti Government Author:Bill Maher