“Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what untruths the people are fed because they will not long remember. But in politics, forgotten falsehoods almost guarantee new treachery.” PeopleLongMatterRememberPoliticianTreatsPatientForgottenMedicalGuaranteesFedsFalsehoodTreacheryAlzheimerUntruthAlzheimer's Author:James Bovard
“Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not guarantee success. Politicians like to measure spending because it is easier than measuring actual metrics of accomplishment.” DoePoliticianEasierCaringSpendingAccomplishmentGuaranteesMeasuringNot CaringMetrics Author:Grover Norquist
“No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty.” WayMatterGovernmentLibertyPoliticianOfficeIdealsEducatedGuaranteesActivistDevotedConstitutional Government Author:Ron Paul
“The mindset of legislating for the betterment of society guarantees the growth of the beast. ... Politicians see government as a solution but the people see government as part of the problem. Beastly bureaucracy is born out of good intentions married to poor solutions. Only when politicians realize what constituents already know will the true problem even be addressed much less solved.” PeopleKnowsProblemGovernmentGrowthRealizingBornPoorPoliticianMarriedSolutionsIntentionMindsetBeastGuaranteesBureaucracyGood IntentionsConstituentsBettermentBeastly Author:R. Lee Wrights
“One of the biggest reasons for higher medical costs is that somebody else is paying those costs, whether an insurance company or the government. What is the politicians' answer? To have more costs paid by insurance companies and the government. ... [H]aving someone else pay for medical care virtually guarantees that a lot more of it will be used. Nothing would lower costs more than having each patient pay those costs. And nothing is less likely to happen.” ReasonGovernmentHappensCareUsedAnswersPayCompanyHigherPoliticianCostPaidPatientMedicalGuaranteesGuarantees ThatInsurance CompaniesMedical Care Author:Thomas Sowell
“Colombia is a different country today. The state is now present in every single corner, the drug lords are in jail or dead. So we have the means to guarantee the security of FARC politicians.” MeanDifferentCountryStatesTodayLordSecurityPoliticianDrugCornersGuaranteesJailColombiaDifferent Countries Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.” WorldKindCountryAmericaFreedomWrittenSocietyWorstPoliticianProtectionTyrannyOppressionGuaranteesAnarchistScumAnti-american Author:Peter Kropotkin