"In the 1950’s [America was] the richest nation, the richest city on earth was Detroit. They voted for change and so now it is the poorest city in America. At the same time, the nation of South Korea, of all the nations on earth, was third from the bottom. Virtually the poorest nation on earth. It is now tenth from the top. If you understand the principle, the greater freedom, the greater the wealth, you can then put any nation [on this chart]. Now you can go to Tagusagopos, you can go to Buenos Aires, you can go to Cairo, you can go to Philadelphia and all you need to know is what percentage of the Gross Domestic Product is controlled by government, and the greater the government, the greater the poverty, and that’s all politics is about. Every day politicians say, “I can make a better decision for you than you can for yourself, and let me take your money away from you and make it on your behalf” and thus make the nation poorer." -Bob McEwen (1950-) US Congressman (OH-R) (1981-1993) Source: http://www.conservative.org/cpac/archives/cpacarchivescpac-2010-bob-mcewen
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Bob.McEwen.Quote.2551
"Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose." -Michael Bloomberg (1942-) New York City Mayor (2002-2011)
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Michael.Bloomberg.Quote.F2E8
"I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there shall be vacant lands in any part of America. When they get piled upon one another in large cities as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe." -Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President Source: letter to James Madison, 1787. Papers 12:442
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.409B
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