Issues
They Said It – Issue 121
The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.
- Thomas Jefferson
They Said It – Issue 120
“Nine times out of 10…Gridlock is not an American problem. It’s an American achievement….Gridlock often stops things the federal government should not be doing…”
- Columnist George Will, quoted in newsmax.com
They Said It – Issue 119
Luck is the residue of design
- Branch Rickey (1881-1965), Baseball executive (Cardinals, Dodgers)
They Said It – Issue 118
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits
- Attributed to Albert Einstein; probably first said by Alexandre Dumas
They Said It – Issue 117
The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent
– Alan Blinder, Princeton University professor of economics
They Said It – Issue 116
…it is increasingly recognized by economists, including President Obama’s chief economic adviser, that in Oregon and several other areas of the country, the growing mismatch between the lack of developable land and escalating demand for housing is one of the most important drivers of the housing crisis.
– Rep. Knute Buehler (R-Bend)
They Said It – Issue 115
Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
– American writer Peter Finley Dunn (1867-1936)
They Said It – Issue 113
In real life, however, the compulsion to decree to one’s neighbor what’s best for him (and use the federal government to enforce it) is an affliction of modern American liberalism.
– William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal
They Said It – Issue 112
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.
– Jean Baptist Colbert, Finance Minister to French King Louis XIV (1638-1715)
They Said It – Issue 111
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right…
– Late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia