Democracy Depends Upon Full Employment

"Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men" -- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Government Gets Support From Those Who Benefit

"The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" -- George Bernard Shaw

Taxes Quote: Living Within Means to Fuel Excesses

"People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income." -- Robert Half

Napoleon Bonaparte: Bankers & Financiers Not Patriots

"When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes... Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain." -- Napoleon Bonaparte

Christmas Bills Paid By Adults, Fed Deficits By Children

"Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it." -- Richard Lamm

Abraham Lincoln Opposed Fed Borrowing Money

"I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our constitution ~ taking from the federal government their power of borrowing." -- Abraham Lincoln

Public Money Scarce Since Cicero

"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled and the public debt should be reduced. The arrogance of public officialdom should be tempered and controlled. And the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest we become bankrupt." -- Cicero, 63 B.C.