"Do you know that all of the money that we are spending, that the government is spending, must come from you? The government has no great pile of gold to which it can go to get what it gives you. The government has not one cent that it does not take from your pockets. Do not imagine, do not believe, do not go on the theory that you are not to pay this bill, unless the fundamentals of our government are to be overturned."

-- J. Reuben Clark

#Believe Quotes #Government Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I'm saying the federal government is taking away the freedom of Americans to make choices.”

Source : "LePage compares IRS to Nazis, again" by Kevin Robillard, www.politico.com. July 12, 2012.
“It's not a drug problem, until you run out of money. Until then it's just drugs.”
“I was attracted to photography because it was technical, full of gadgets, and I was obsessed with science. But at some point around fifteen or sixteen, I had a sense that photography could provide a bridge from the world of science to the world of art, or image. Photography was a means of crossing into a new place I didn't know.”
“His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.”
“"Herbal medicine's been around for thousands of years!" Indeed it has, and then we tested it all, and the stuff that worked became 'medicine'. And the rest of it is just a nice bowl of soup and some potpourri.”

Source : "Dara O'Briain Talks Funny: Live in London". Documentary, Comedy, 2008.
“Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.”

Source : Giovanni Ruffini (1858). “Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].”, p.144
“Holland I think is the best school to learn football. I think its a great league for that because it's not the strongest league in Europe.”
“I don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?”

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