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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies.
Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.
Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.
The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.
Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.