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"Big Government' is a lot less like a 'Big Brother', and a lot more like a mother-in-law."
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"I believe in opening mail once a month, whether it needs it or not."
"The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine."
"Lefever describes his financing plan with modesty:"'Our detailed budget is realistic, but does not take into account the inflation that may occur before September 1983. The one place it could cut or reduce is item 7, the simultaneous interpreter services, if these services could be provided gratis by the U.S. government.'""In other words, the only way to make a saving on a U.S.-subsidized project is to take money out of another U.S.-subsidized column."
"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency."
"Nobody likes having a problem, but having a convoluted, bureaucratic one is even more galling."
"Americans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records."
"Taxes for people with too much damned time on their hands."
"Funding for the Special Operations Network comes directly from the government. Most work is centralized, but all of the SpecOps divisions have local representatives to keep a watchful eye on any provincial problems. They are administered by local commanders, who liaise with the national offices for information exchange, guidance and policy decisions. Like any other big government department, it looks good on paper but is an utter shambles. Petty infighting and political agendas, arrogance and sheer bloody-mindedness almost guarantees that the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing."
"If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork."
"But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested."
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"I am not interested in having freedom from burdens. I don't need any authority to free me from responsibility.I am not interested in having freedoms within an authoritarian's parameters. I am only interested in self-determination.I have only respect for liberty as I am a libertarian."
"I do not believe in equality of results. I believe in "equal opportunity" and "equality before the law"."
"Some capitalism suffers from cronyism. All of socialism is perverted by the crony statism of the powerful few."
"The U.S. didn't achieve its liberty or prosperity by mistake. It was by design, and the architects were the Founding Fathers. Don't mess with the Constitution. The Constitution matters."
"Centralization is an abomination! Decentralize everything! Leave nothing to the central planners."
"Capitalists grow wealth. Socialists redistribute wealth.... but population grows, so the Socialist population control kicks in in the form of eugenics."
"Unfortunately for humanity, God is patient enough to actually enjoy watching the grass grow."
"Communism is what happens when Socialists realize that they want complete control over every aspect of human life."
"Defy the central planners. Upend their designs for your life. Be a staunch individualist. Stand on your rights."
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