Russell B. Long famous quotes

A [tax loophole is] something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.
-- Russell B. Long

#Guy #Liberty #Benefits

Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet.
-- Russell B. Long

#Feet #Government #Democracy

I expect to fight that proposition until hell freezes over. Then I propose to start fighting on the ice.
-- Russell B. Long

#Fighting #Ice #Government

Tax reform means, "Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree."
-- Russell B. Long

#Mean #Tree #Liberty

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.
-- Russell B. Long

#Uncles #Thinking #Garters

A government by secrecy benefits no one. It injures the people it seeks to serve; it damages its own integrity and operation. It breeds distrust, dampens the fervor of its citizens and mocks their loyalty.
-- Russell B. Long

#Loyalty #Integrity #Government

There are but three political-economic roads from which we can choose... We could take the first course and further exacerbate the already concentrated ownership of productive capital in the American economy. Or we could join the rest of the world by taking the second path, that of nationalization. Or we can take the third road, establishing policies to diffuse capital ownership broadly, so that many individuals, particularly workers, can participate as owners of industrial capital. The choice is ours.
-- Russell B. Long

#Political #Choices #Three

Bring on those tired, labor-plagued, competition-weary companies and ESOP will breathe new life into them. They will find ESOP better than Geritol. It will revitalize what is wrong with capitalism. It will increase productivity. It will improve labor relations. It will promote economic justice. It will save the economic system. It will make our form of government and our concept of freedom prevail over those who don't agree with us.
-- Russell B. Long

#Tired #Government #Justice

If the FDA would spend a little less time and effort on small manufacturers of vitamins...and a little more on the large manufacturers of...dangerous drugs..., the public would be better served.
-- Russell B. Long

#Fda #Effort #Drug

I'm the type of guy who likes to be there 24-7. I'm Mr. Roses.

Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when you guys were in charge, you didn't argue with us, you just burnt us at the stake. Now what we're doing is, we're presenting you with some arguments and some challenging questions, and you complain.

Inside I knew he was meant to be the guy that taught me about life. Even if he broke my heart eventually.

And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.

Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

A people fired ... with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events. But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.

The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking, for the ease of the masters. Its object is, in all cases, to maintain the authority of the master, and whether he neglects or performs his duty, to oblige the students in all cases to behave toward him as if he performed it with the greatest diligence and ability.

It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.

More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since the social security program began, the payroll tax has increased more than 500 percent.