Some are More Equal Than Others

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.

Animal Farm

There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.

Adam Smith

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

P.J. O'Rourke

Recommended reading list for 2011 based on the events of the year

1.  Animal Farm, George Orwell Online

2. 1984, George Orwell Online

3. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand Cliff Notes

4. Brave New Word, Aldous Huxley Online

4. The Road to Serfdom, F. A. Hayek Online, Illustrated Version

5. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith Online

More reading recommendations Here for the left, right, conservative, liberal, etc.

Under capitalism, man exploits man.
Under communism, it's just the opposite.

J.K.Galbraith

Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer-except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs.

Animal Farm