To: koan who wrote (126652 ) 12/20/2016 2:15:27 PM From: bart13 Read Replies (1) | Respond to "We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see." “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” "A fanatic is a person who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing—after they’ve tried everything else." "A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject." "The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but, there it is." "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see”" "In finance, everything that is agreeable is unsound." "Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon." "When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber." "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." "If you put two economists in a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions." "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." "Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened." "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery." "You have been given the choice between war and dishonor. You have chosen dishonor, and you will have war." "There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise."
