Who said “When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and…”?

“With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke.”

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

“The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.”

“The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.”

“Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.”

“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”

“One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.”

“The principle feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things -- war and hunger and date rape -- liberals testify to their own terrific goodness. More important, they promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply about such things. It's a kind of natural aristocracy, and the wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you don't have to be brave, smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal.”

“Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.”

“Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.”

“You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.”