When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.
H. L. MenckenIf there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Abraham LincolnThe best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
Ronald ReaganThe only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
Franklin D. RooseveltMy husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
Queen Elizabeth IIIt’s rare for a startup to make money immediately, so you need to make sure that you have enough saved or that you have another income stream that can support you.
Richard BransonThe most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
H. L. MenckenMy best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
Henry FordI want to thank my Eritrean fans for feeling connected to me and for supporting me. I feel extremely grateful.
Nipsey HussleSometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Albert SchweitzerThe government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamThere might be some serious fun in politics.
Hunter S. ThompsonIt is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.
Isaac NewtonThere is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
Will RogersTrue terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
Kurt VonnegutIt’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
Brian EnoScientists are not delinquents. Our work has changed the conditions in which men live, but the use made of these changes is the problem of governments, not of scientists.
J. Robert OppenheimerWe have a great group of guys that really sacrifice every night, care about each other, and try to play the right away.
Stephen CurryThe government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.
Noam ChomskyThe example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.
Jim MattisWithdrawal of American troops must be a unilateral act, as the invasion of Vietnam by the American government was a unilateral act in the first place.
Noam ChomskyOVOXO will always be there.
The WeekndHow can we help President Obama?
Fidel CastroI found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you’re not alone.
Dwayne JohnsonThe only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
George Bernard ShawA national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
Alexander HamiltonWe can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
Will RogersSince I’m the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it’s understandable that people are saying, you know, ‚What have you done?‘
Barack ObamaIf the government ever imposes a tax on books – and I wouldn’t put it past them – I’m in dead trouble.
Terry PratchettFor me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you’d would wake up times and hope that the next day you’d be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.
LeBron JamesFamily and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.
John C. MaxwellEveryone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
Bill GatesIt’s not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It’s who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military.
Colin PowellFor any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.
Joe BidenWhen there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
Herbert HooverMy mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.
Denzel WashingtonMy family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didn’t have any money, because Africa was the ‚dark continent‘, and because I was a girl.
Jane GoodallLoyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
Mark TwainI personally have always been in favor of people who are gay being permitted to marry legally – and I still feel that way.
Jimmy CarterWhen younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich.
Maya AngelouI am such a political person.
Madeleine AlbrightGovernment does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Ronald ReaganThe fame isn’t important to me. It’s a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.
Bad BunnyNo man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.
Henry AdamsI put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.
Steven WrightNothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
James MadisonPeople forget… that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that’s what happened.
George W. BushA woman can’t be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can’t do it by herself.
Marilyn MonroeThe IRS! They’re like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!
Jerry SeinfeldWe all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn’t come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn’t resurging. It didn’t work out.
Colin PowellMy father wasn’t perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.
Adam SandlerWhen I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Winston ChurchillYou can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThere are people who want to make men’s lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance.
Friedrich NietzscheTo bear means to support the weight of that which is held. It is a sacred trust to bear the priesthood, which is the mighty power and authority of God.
Russell M. NelsonI met India Arie, who is one of my favorite artists of all time. It was really sweet; I was broken up with a month before, and she stayed up texting me all night and was helping me through it. Her text message looks like a song of hers. She’s sort of become my fairy godmother.
Ariana GrandeIf you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help… Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.
Barack ObamaThe chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it – and sometimes three.
HeraclitusObamacare sucks, it can’t be fixed.
John Kennedy