Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive. — Milton Friedman

“Just write a check and shut up.” — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s message to Warren Buffet and other socialist rich people who whine that taxes must be higher, because they feel guilty and want government to redistribute wealth.

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

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

A nation of sheep breeds a government of wolves. — Judge Andrew Paolo Napolitano

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

I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. — George Carlin

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. — Oscar Wilde

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. — Frederic Bastiat

I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. — Lucille Ball

I was diagnosed with antisocial behavior disorder. So I joined a support group. We never meet. –Comic Craig Sharf

Man’s unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself. — Ayn Rand