Quotes on Government Programs

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.

What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver.

The Lean Startup isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world's great problems. It's ultimately an answer to the question: How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order.

The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.

There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.

Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.