“In the United States, where it has become almost impossible to use "liberal" in the sense in which I have used it, the term "libertarian" has been used instead. It may be the answer; but for my part I find it singularly unattractive. For my taste it carries too much the flavor of a manufactured term and of a substitute. What I should want is a word which describes the party of life, the party that favors free growth and spontaneous evolution. But I have racked my brain unsuccessfully to find a descriptive term which commends itself.” WantShouldMayHas BeensStatesUseUsedPoliticsGrowthTermAnswersUnitedPartyBrainUnited StatesToo MuchImpossibleEvolutionTasteLibertarianFavorsCarrieSubstitutesSpontaneousFlavorUnattractive Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Bad as "independence" is, the main fault of the Federal Reserve System - an admirable system if conducted in the public interest - is that too much power and control rests in the hands of people whose private interests are directly affected by the Federal Reserves' actions.” PeopleIfsWisdomHandsActionPoliticsInterestEconomyToo MuchIndependenceFaultsLiberalismAffectedReservesAdmirableFederal ReservePublic InterestPower And ControlToo Much Power Author:Wright Patman
“It appears it would be quite un-American not to be suspicious of the government or to distrust it. History has taught them a little too much about the tragic frailties of human governments, but it has also driven home to them that they must control firmly political and economic power, which, handed over to any government in their land, could be easily used to oppress them.” HumansLittlesHomeWisdomGovernmentWould BePoliticalUsedPoliticsEconomyToo MuchEconomicLandTaughtDrivenLiberalismTragicDistrustSuspiciousFrailtyEconomic Power Author:Ndabaningi Sithole
“Big money tries to purchase its own agenda. Money does too much talking in Washington. Every senator, every representative, even the president awakens each morning with a number in his head that will drive the whole day. The number is the amount of money that must [be] raised that day for his reelection. If he fails, the next day's number will be even higher.” IfsTryingDoeWholeBigsGovernmentNextPoliticsPresidentNumbersTalkingMorningToo MuchFailingAmountHigherRaisedAgendasRepresentativesSenatorsNext DayReelection Author:Patricia Schroeder
“Director Ken Burns revealed that his next documentary is about Franklin Roosevelt, and it's fourteen hours long...which sounds like too much, until you realize there's been over thirty hours of TV dedicated to Honey Boo Boo.” LongRealityNextPoliticsSoundRealizingCommunityHoursHistoryComedyToo MuchTvsDirectorsThirtyHoneyDedicatedDocumentariesFranklinFourteenBoo BooHoney Boo Boo Author:Jimmy Fallon
“It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.” ChoicesPoliticsCommonToo MuchAdviceKingsMonarchy Author:Pierre Corneille
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.” GovernmentPoliticalPoliticsFreedomLibertyToo MuchInternetPoliticianDegreesLibertarianExposedFree SpeechFreedom Of SpeechFreedom And LibertyFreedom Of ThoughtFreedom LibertyPrivate PropertyCivil LibertiesProperty RightsLimited GovernmentWar On DrugsAttendingInconvenienceBig GovernmentRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsLimiting GovernmentRights And FreedomsFounding Fathers Gun2 AmendmentInalienable RightsUs ConstitutionFounding Fathers Second AmendmentAmerican LibertyFounding Fathers DemocracyGreat LibertarianPrice Of FreedomLiberty And EqualitySmall GovernmentMinor ThingsControlling GovernmentSecurity And FreedomLiberty Of SpeechSecurity And Liberty Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.” ThinkingKnowsMenShouldChildrenWould BeTogetherPoliticalAsksPoliticsGrowsKnownGrowing UpToo MuchMagicShould HaveOur ChildrenLegendsBe A ManShould Have Known Author:Jackie Kennedy
“They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.” IfsKnowsMenPoliticsWomenToo MuchCongressMemorableFilibuster Author:Clare Boothe Luce
“You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.” ImportantGovernmentPoliticalPoliticsStruggleToo MuchConditionsCapitalismImportant ThingsCommunismGet BetterEngagedNot InterestedLiving ConditionsCapitalism And Communism Author:Bernard Baruch