John Stossel Quotes About Politicians

Quotes about: Politicians

• The politicians should not tell the people to shut up.

  John Stossel

  People, Political, Shut Up

  "I Got Elected. You May Not Criticize Me" by John Stossel, www.realclearpolitics.com. November 2, 2005.

• A system that rewards politicians skilled at campaigning - which is the art of creating an illusion - and that puts hundreds of billions of coerced taxpayer dollars at the disposal of the winners will tend to attract men and women with a comparative advantage in manipulation.

  John Stossel

  Art, Men, Creating

• What happened under communism - and increasingly, is happening in America, as Joseph Sobran put it: 'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer.'

  John Stossel

  Mean, Compassion, Wanting Someone

• The smaller the government, the less the need to manipulate politicians.

  John Stossel

  Government, Needs, Politician

  John Stossel (2012). “No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

• Many people are priced out of the medical and insurance markets for one reason: the politicians refusal to give up power. Allowing them to seize another 16 percent of the economy won't solve our problems. Freedom will.

  John Stossel

  Giving Up, People, Medical

• Politicians and bureaucrats clearly have no idea how complicated markets are. Every day people make countless tradeoffs, in all areas of life, based on subjective value judgements and personal information as they delicately balance their interests, needs and wants. Who is in a better position than they to tailor those choices to best serve their purposes? Yet the politicians believe they can plan the medical market the way you plan a birthday party.

  John Stossel

  Party, Believe, Ideas

  "Arrogant Politicians" by John Stossel, abcnews.go.com. July 21, 2009.

• If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and more freedom.

  John Stossel

  Government, Important, Return

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