It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.

Quote by Phil Gramm

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If I bought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better...

If I bought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better...

Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear.

Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear.

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling...

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling...

The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results...

The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results...

I'd rather go to the dentist... but I'm going.

I'd rather go to the dentist... but I'm going.

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is...

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is...

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

Have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready...

Have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready...

CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from...

CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure and office from...

His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All...

His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All...

Ask not what you can do for your country, for they are liable to tell...

Ask not what you can do for your country, for they are liable to tell...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

Politics needs people who do not need politics.

Politics needs people who do not need politics.

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in...

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in...

Throw away those books and cassettes on inspirational leadership. Send those consultants packing. Know your...

Throw away those books and cassettes on inspirational leadership. Send those consultants packing. Know your...

When you perserve progressive thoughts they might become conservative

When you perserve progressive thoughts they might become conservative

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at...

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at...