Contribution Quote by H. L. Mencken

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.

— Edmund Burke

“Philanthropy is deeper than your pockets.”

— Valaida Fullwood

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

— William Weld

“The sense that just about anything goes with the collection of public revenues and the making of public expenditure has contributed mightily to the…

— Richard Epstein

I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

— Oprah Winfrey

Government shouldn't constantly be in our pocket.

— Francis X. Suarez

Some champions of ever-greater governmental power and spending invent the theory that the taxpayers, left to themselves, spend the money they have earned very…

— Henry Hazlitt

“For many of us, money is a focal point that impacts how we feel about our lives, work, and contributions.”

— J.J. DiGeronimo

The money that government spends is your money, not government's, and you know how to spend it better.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

Wisdom is the power that enable us to use knowledge for the benefit of ourselves and others...

— Anonymous

The greatest wisdom doesn't know itself. The richest plan is not to have one.

— Louise Erdrich