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The government\'s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short
phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it
stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan


I\'ve never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a \'fat
cat\' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a
\'public-spirited philanthropist\'.
Ronald Reagan

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War
IV will be fought with sticks and stones. --Albert Einstein

How important are the visual arts in our society? I feel strongly
that
the visual arts are of vast and incalculable importance. Of course
I
could be prejudiced. I am a visual art.
Kermit the Frog, muppet