The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.

Quote by William E Simon

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Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves -...

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves -...

Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works...

Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works...

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times,...

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times,...

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of...

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of...

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They...

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They...

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our...

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our...

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their...

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their...

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or...

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or...

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything...

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything...

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country...

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country...

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the...

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the...