A couple simple quotes

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-- Winston Churchill

If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
-- Mark Twain

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-- Will Rogers

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
-- P.J. O'Rourke

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-- Thomas Jefferson