Quotes

"Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of those who make the law, all the plundered classes try somehow to enter -- by peaceful or revolutionary means -- into the making of laws. According to their degree of enlightenment, these plundered classes may propose one of two entirely different purposes when they attempt to attain political power: Either they may wish to stop lawful plunder, or they may wish to share in it."
-- Frederic Bastiat

"Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs
chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them."
-- Adam Smith

"There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all."
-- Davy Crockett 

And my favorite:

Politicians desperately want you to not know, and to never learn, three things: That you don’t need them, that they do you more harm than good, and that there might be something you can do about it.  

-- Thomas Knapp