Political Quotes

“John Randolph said, as that quote reads, and I want people to read it with me and think about it, but he said at one point, talking about government and about the power of the Congress, that "It has been said that one of the most delicious of privileges is that of spending other people's money." One of the most delicious of privileges is that of spending other people's money. What he was talking about is the power of government through taxation to take other people's money, and then for this Congress and Members of it to enjoy the privilege of spending it. Well, I reflected on that quote back when I discovered it in the debate in Arizona over a tax limitation amendment, and about the point he was making. And the sad truth is that the privilege of taking other people's money through taxation and then being able as a government to spend it I believe has become abused.”