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POLITICIANS & GOVERNMENT

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. John Adams

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

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. Mark Twain

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

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

A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. G. Gordon Liddy

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. Frederic Bastiat, French economist (1801-1850)

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. Ronald Reagan (1986)

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

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. Voltaire (1764)

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean polities won't take an interest in you! Pericles (430 B.C.)

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. Mark Twain (1866)

Talk is cheap.. except when Congress does it. - Anonymous

The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. - Winston Churchill

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does not have to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for - that is the beginning of the end of any nation!

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Interesting comments I read recently in the local shopper posted by - Jeri McCarty

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. - Mark Twain

There is not distinctly Native American criminal class.. save Congress. - Mark Twain

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. - Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

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

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

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POLITICIANS & GOVERNMENT

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"... Albert Einstein

"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe ."-- Thomas Jefferson

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson

"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world." Thomas Jefferson

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson

'THERE IS NO POLITICAL SOLUTION FOR A COUNTRY THAT HAS A SPIRITUAL PROBLEM! - Steve Quayle

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." -- Thomas Jefferson

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson

"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

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WISDOM

Frailer is an opportunity to start over again better than before.

It's human to error but it's stupid to continue. D. Drake

A lie has speed but truth has endurance.

A wise man always knows more than he tells but a foolish man always tells more than he knows.

Full trust in the lord can put anxiety to rest. Mildred Drake

A great oak is only a little nut that held its ground. Don Drake

You can preach a better sermon with your life than you can with a sermon. Don Drake

The best way to proceed in life is to take the advice you give to others Don Drake

God never said the journey would be easy but the arrival would be wonderful. D. Drake

If you can't sleep at night don't count sheep talk to the shepherd - Don Drake

“The greatest charity one can do to another is to lead him to the truth.” -St. Thomas Aquinas

“Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one’s horse as it is leaping.” Julius Hare

“The ability to express an idea is as important as the idea itself.” Bernard M. Baruch

“It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.” Claude M. Bristol

"SOME IDEAS ARE SO STUPID ONLY 'INTELLECTUALS' BELIEVE THEM." George Orwell

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The Holy Spirit /

For a rolling stone gathers no moss. A Christian who is moving with me gathers not the things of the world.

Do you remember Balaam? He tried in his own wisdom, he tried in his own knowledge, he tried in his own ability to do what I told him not to do, and if it was not for his donkey, he would have died.

Behold the fig tree, for it is in full bloom. For when the enemy tries to come in, I shall raise up a standard against him. Know what that standard means.

For as lightening comes out of the heavens and strikes the earth, so shall it be now with my Spirit, sayeth your Father God. For it shall hit with all the power that I, your Father God have.

For if a man standeth on the banks of a river, yea, and the temperature is extremely hot, yea, and if the sun is beating upon him unmerciful, and he knoweth how to swim, and jumpeth not into the water where he can remove himself from the pressures that are round about him, yea, and be safe from all that the sun is trying to do, that man I cannot use.

For I saw in heaven, sayith your Father, yea, as if a stream that you needed to look at very closely in order for you to see it. But as it continued its way down, I saw a river and then I say an ocean.

In times past, when those playing marbles or pool or billiards, would take their time in selecting the shots that they would take. The shots that would take out the most enemies, and yet at the same time, bring them the greatest blessing. Walk like them.

A car with no reverse can only go one direction, and as it goes that way, when the going gets rough, then it goes forward full speed, for it knows that it cannot go backwards. Therefore, I say unto you, be like that.

A wise driver entangles himself not in the cares of the world or those things that are going on round about him, but he keeps his eyes upon the path, upon the road that he is traveling, and therefore, he reaches his goal in total safety.

If a pond has no outlet, it will eventually become stagnant, know my word went into you and also pour it out to others that you may bring life.

For a wise jockey springs out of the gate when it opens and he leads the way to victory. You be like him.

When it is dark all around, when it is dangerous all about, my peace shall flood your soul. You shall truly have peace in the midst of storm, truly peace, peace like the world does not know, but my children shall know that peace because I have given it unto them.

For being in my presence is like soaking in a tub, such refreshing, such a good feeling when you are all done, you feel wonderful.

For when a star falls from heaven, either it burns up before it hits thee earth, or it hits the earth. The same is so with my promises, if you hold fast to them, they come to you, but if you hold not fast to them, they burn up.

If a sled is on top of a high peak with only enough room to cover half the sled, the sled can go at either direction, backward or toward its goal, it all depends upon the one that controls the sled.

For when the waves of a tidal wave come in they grab hold of everything and they carry it back out to the depths of the sea. My children, allow my spirit to do that to you.

A skillful surfer rides the top of the wave, he rides it very gracefully, he entangles not himself with the wave itself. For those that entangle themselves with the wave end up in disaster, end up in trouble and do not receive the ride that the wise one receives. Therefore, be like the wise surfer.

When one is filled to the very brim with the Spirit, when one prays continually day after day after day in the Spirit, they build up themselves and make themselves strong. And when the enemy looks upon them he shakes his head and says, no, I will look for a weaker one. Learn, learn this lesson.

For I say unto you, if two cans were thrown into a flood side by side, one open, one closed, the one open would be instantly filled, but the one closed would never be filled.

For when a drop of rain falls and hits the ground, it does not hit just one place. When a gusher falls, then everything is covered. So shall it be with my Spirit.

Be not a foolish Christian that looks at himself in a mirror and does not change. Be not an unlearned Christian that has not grown in the word of God. Be not like a Christian that parks on the top of a steep hill with no brakes, for they shall end up in great disaster.

Be not like the silly who tee-hee and giggle and say I do this and say I do that, and yet, do nothing. Be not like those in wartime that went around with what they called the cat eye, but let your light shine so brightly, the enemy can see it. For you are not afraid of him, for you are thee overcomers.

For out of a cocoon comes a beautiful butterfly. Know you not that I have shaped you, I have made you and it is time for you to come out.

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A river never flows backwards, unless it is drying up, dead, useless, powerless. Be not like that river, but be like thee river of life that is always flowing forward.

If a pond has no outlet, it will eventually become stagnant, know my word went into you and also pour it out to others that you may bring life.

If you are wise and alert and your eyes and ears are open and your spiritman in tune, nothing, absolutely nothing, shall slip by you.

Are you a self-motivator or do you need a fire behind you in order for you to move? Many are like that, sayeth your Father, they have no motivation of their own, be not like that. For those that are like that shall never achieve, but the self- motivator, they shall reach their goal.

A bicycle cannot stand by itself, for if left alone, it will fall down. Neither can you stand by yourself.

Be like a child who puts all their trust in the mommy and daddy and when mommy and daddy says dada or mama they say that. They do not doubt, but they believe the things that they have heard and they speak forth the things that they hear, and therefore, they become all that I desire for them to be.

For a flyswatter hanging on the wall is useless. My people are like that when they do not use the power that I have given unto them.

One drop of rain does not seem like much, but add drop after drop after drop and you have a flood.

Be like the eagle and soar far above all the storms, all the circumstances, all the problems and let your eyes see spiritually the things that the enemy is trying to do. For truly, truly, you shall be a victor.

For as the mouse in his wisdom says, I can steal the cheese, I can steal the cake, I can steal the goodies but he is snared in the trap. Be not unwise like the mouse, be not trapped by the enemy but know my word, for there is life in my word but there is death in the wisdom of man.

Walking on a tightrope can be very dangerous, and yet, quite often my children play that type of game. Be not like that but place your feet upon the solid rock, that when the storms of life come, you will go through them victoriously.

For the ant is an untiring laborer continuing about his task, pressing toward one goal, to fulfill that. Be ye like the ant.

Be not unwise like Balaam for it almost cost his life. For if his mule had not spoken to him and done what it did do, surely he would have died. Listen, listen and know what the Lord is saying.

Those who exercise, those who build themselves up in my word, those who become strong in my word enter into the contest and they win because they have built themselves up. Those that do not are weak, and when they enter into the contest they are defeated, for they know not the strength of my word.

A foolish man laughs at my word, he mocks at my word, but when the word is fulfilled, then he shall be the fool.

For a great racehorse keeps his eye upon the gate. He waits for it to open then he quickly takes the lead, be likewise.

What is the greatest joy of a downhill ride? Is it not sitting back and enjoying the ride? Therefore, I say unto you, sit back and allow me to take you on the trip that will bring you the victory.

Be like the very skillful hunter that goeth forth to get those things that he has need of. For he takes with him the very ammunition that he needs. Be not like the foolish one that goes with nothing and comes back with nothing.

For as the wind cometh quickly, out of you know not where, and you see it in the trees and you feel it upon your face and you see it upon the things that are loose, as it shakes it, so shall my spirit be.

A good captain never loses his direction. For he keeps his eyes upon the compass and he follows the course set before him. Therefore, I say unto you, set your eyes upon my word and upon my course, follow that and you will be a good captain.

When you enter a highway with no signs, with no directions, with no goal posted, how do you know where you are going? How do you know if you are going the right way? How do you know where you will end up? Be not foolish, but enter into my word, for in there you shall find the directions for the pathway of life.

Have you considered the earthworm, for even though its enemy may cut it in half, and yet, both sides shall have life. Therefore, I say unto you, fear not the enemy, for I have given you life.

Be like the great eagle who soars above the storms, who sees the enemy before he can attack, who puts forth no effort to flow in my power but understands the current of my power and rides up high.

Be not like the foolish house owner who pays little or no attention, for when the termites come, he sees it not until the house is fallen.

A wise bird keeps his eyes and his ears open and he sees his enemy before the enemy can attack. But the ostrich, he buries his head in the sand and he sees not nor hears not. Many of my people are like that.

For a snowball is small, but as it starts at the top of the mountain and begins to roll towards the bottom, it begins to pick up speed and it grows and it grows and it grows until there is absolutely nothing in its path that can stop it.

When you speak forth my word from your heart, believing, it is like a boomerang. For you throw it out there and it brings back to you the answer. Therefore, speak my word from your heart and truly it shall come back to you with the answer.

For as quick as a roller coaster ride is and with all of its thrills, so shall these last days be.

- When a barber cuts your hair, does not she or he attempt to make it all even; all of the same length, all in line one with another? Even so shall it be with my church, for my church will be even, it will not be out of line. It will have but one purpose and one goal. Therefore, walk ye according to my word.

A long distance runner shall outrun the sprinter and win every time. No matter how fast the sprinter is, he cannot outrun the long distance runner. Therefore, be a long distance runner.

A man with wisdom will read the directions; a fool will bypass them. Be a wise man, be a wise man.

For the beaver is a very busy worker. Be ye like the beaver, for there is much work to do.

For when you enter into a race, you enter in prepared to win. You never enter in prepared to lose. Therefore, I say unto you, go into training that you may enter this race, that you may win.

For as man watches the birds build the nests, and knows not how he weaves it, neither do you at times understand my word even though it is very clear. For it is not revealed to you through the mind but through the spirit.

For even though a little pebble falling into the lake does not make a big splash, and yet the ring, the ring, the ring that comes forth from it, stretches out farther and father and farther. Therefore, look not at yourself as little, for the things that you do reach farther than you realize.

For the ant laboreth when others sleep, when others play, when others are lazy and do nothing. But when the hard times come, when the troubles come, it is the ant that is victorious.

Be like the racehorse, for when the gate opens he quickly springs to the lead and he leads the rest to the finish line.

Be a wise player, even as one who plays Ping-Pong, that they keep their eyes upon the ball, that if the enemy throws them a curve they know it, they understand it and they return in great victory.

For where there is great light, there is no darkness, but where the light is dim, there is much darkness. Therefore, walk in the light.

Who can stop the raindrop when it falls? Who can hinder it from coming? Know this my children, neither can they stop my promises.

For I tell you this also, sayeth your Father God, that if you stand in the rain you will get wet. Therefore, if you stand in my blessings they shall overwhelm you.

For if the door is open, who can stop the wind from coming in? Not man, not the windows, nothing in the house. Therefore, it is true also concerning you, if you open the door to me I shall come in and nothing, nothing can stop it.

Consider the comparison of my word to a grape. For in a grape there are seeds. Many eat the grape but spit out the seeds and the seeds have more benefit than the grape. Do not do that with my word.

Be not foolish like the pilot that goes into vertigo, but be wise like the one that reads the instrument panel and knows what my word says.

For there are those who sit on a bus and look out a window and see nothing. Then there are those that sit on the same bus and look out the same window and see many things. Which are you?

Be not like one on a roller coaster that closes his eyes as they go down so fast, but be ye one of those that keeps your eyes open and sees the joy of the ride.

One piece of candy does not last you very long, but if you have the whole bar, you will enjoy it far greater.

For when at a stoplight on a superhighway with very swift speed, one needs to know what the red means, one needs to know what the amber means and one needs to know what the green means. For if you know not these things, if you understand not these things, then you place yourself in great danger.

For a man that is wise thinketh not that his wisdom comes from himself nor from the things that he studies, but he knows that his wisdom has come from me, therefore, be wise, be wise.

For a big rock is very difficult to move, but once you get moving it and you come to the down hill, look out, for it shall make its own path.

I ask you this, this day, can a cherry tree bring forth oranges, can a apple tree bring forth figs? Then let the words that come out of your mouth be my words. For if they are not my words, you are not of mine.

For a squirrel stores up its food before the winter comes, except it sees and knows that the winter shall be very mild. Be like the squirrel.

A teeter-totter goes up and down, but at times, when the two know how to work together, they can balance each other and stay there and not be troubled.

For as lightening comes out of the heavens and strikes the earth, so shall it be now with my Spirit, sayeth your Father God. For it shall hit with all the power that I, your Father God have.

For a rolling stone gathers no moss. A Christian who is moving with me gathers not the things of the world.

Behold the fig tree, for it is in full bloom. For when the enemy tries to come in, I shall raise up a standard against him. Know what that standard means.

For a wise jockey springs out of the gate when it opens and he leads the way to victory. You be like him.

For the word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword, dividing and setting aside those things that need not to be, causing the people to walk, walk in truth, walk in truth.

For being in my presence is like soaking in a tub, such refreshing, such a good feeling when you are all done, you feel wonderful.

For when the waves of a tidal wave come in they grab hold of everything and they carry it back out to the depths of the sea. My children, allow my spirit to do that to you.

A river never flows backwards, unless it is drying up, dead, useless, powerless. Be not like that river, but be like thee river of life that is always flowing forward.

If you are wise and alert and your eyes and ears are open and your spiritman in tune, nothing, absolutely nothing, shall slip by you.

Behold I ask of you a question. If you were standing outside three hundred yards from the building and there was a cloudburst, would you not get soaked? Behold those that come in seeking my face, yea, they shall get soaked in my Spirit also.

If a pond has no outlet, it will eventually become stagnant, know my word went into you and also pour it out to others that you may bring life.

A bicycle cannot stand by itself, for if left alone, it will fall down. Neither can you stand by yourself.

For a flyswatter hanging on the wall is useless. My people are like that when they do not use the power that I have given unto them.

One drop of rain does not seem like much, but add drop after drop after drop and you have a flood.

For as the rain cometh and the bud budeth, so shall my revival be that sweeps from the north clear around the world and encompasses everything in sight, for I have spoken.

Forget not that mighty weapon that I have given to you, the weapon of praise, and take it out of the church with you and take it into the homes and bathe every room with my presence. For where there is light there is no darkness.

David in selecting a stone to kill the giant was very careful in his selection, that he could have the victory with his confession that he desired to have. Therefore, I say unto you, be very careful in your selection of the stone that you desire to slay the giant, that your victory can even be greater.

Let not your words be silent, but speak forth my word. For if you speak not forth my word, you cannot receive the things that you have desire of. Therefore, I say unto you, know my word.

For as the sandwich is no good without bread, neither are you without my word.

Cannot man turn a large ship by a small rudder? Cannot man change the course of the direction? I say unto you, you do the same thing with your tongue. For the things that come your way are the things that you aimed it for.

My word is like a boomerang, you throw it out with your mouth and it goes out and gathers up the promises and it brings it back to you.

For a rolling stone gathers no moss, neither does my army that is moving with me. They pick not up the things of the world, but they roll on into the victory that I have for them.

What good is a vessel if it is plugged up and can not flow? What good is a fountain that gives forth not water? Be not like that, but open yourself, come unto me as I have said, yea, and let that living water flow from you. Let it gush out in a newness that you have never had before.

For a snowflake is white and pure, but as it floats through the air in this earthly realm, it begins to pick up the things of the earthly realm. Be a snowflake, but not like the one that floats in the earthly realm.

A lion roareth and his prey falls in fear. Be not fearful of the lion when he roars.

If you saw one walking beside and around a bed of quicksand, even though they were rebellious, even though they were stubborn, would you warn them or would you hold your peace? Many are headed for hell and my people are holding their peace.

Stability in the storm comes not from seeking new messages, but from understanding old ones.

For a crafty cake maker can take frosting and cover up all the blemishes and make it look, oh, oh, so good. Many of my people do that. Be not like that.

Be not like the clay marbles, that when the enemy shoots at you and hits you, you break. But be like the real, where you have a substance that causes you to be thee overcomer.

For an electric stove stands ready to prepare an eloquent meal. All the burners are on, the oven is set, but it is not plugged into the source of power. It is like my people, they look like an electric stove, their burners are all turned on, the oven is set, but they are not plugged into my source of power.

For even a roller coaster has an end to the ride. So when the enemy has you on a roller coaster realize that there is an end and at the end you are the victor.

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