The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

A camel is a horse designed by committee.

A camel is a horse designed by committee.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees.

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees.