{"id":3613,"date":"2025-01-15T08:27:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T08:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bullseye.ac\/blog\/?p=3613"},"modified":"2025-01-15T08:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T08:27:27","slug":"the-art-of-political-satire-a-collection-of-wit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullseye.ac\/blog\/book-reviews-summary\/the-art-of-political-satire-a-collection-of-wit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Political Satire: A Collection of Wit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Number of words: 307<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Collection of superb, hard hitting, humorous comments&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In my many years I have come to a conclusion, &#8230; that one useless man is a shame,&nbsp; two [useless men] is a law firm and three or more [useless men] is a government.&#8221; ~John Adams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If you don&#8217;t read the newspaper you are&nbsp; uninformed, if you do read the newspaper, you are&nbsp; misinformed.&#8221; ~Mark Twain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&nbsp; contend that for&nbsp; a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying&nbsp; to lift himself up by the&nbsp; handle.&#8221; ~Winston Churchill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A government which&nbsp; robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.&#8221;~George Bernard Shaw&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.&#8221; ~ Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Giving&nbsp; money and&nbsp; power to&nbsp; government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.&#8221;~P.J. 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