Idea of Government

“The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.”
--P. J. O'Rourke

Lack the Capacity

“People who lack the capacity to earn a decent living need to be helped, but they will not be helped by minimum-wage laws, trade-union wage pressures or other devices which seek to compel employers to pay them more than their [labor] is worth. The more likely outcome of such regulations is that the intended beneficiaries are not employed at all.”
--James Tobin

Success of Liberty

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
--John F. Kennedy

Public Affairs

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
--Plato

Price of Greatness

“Greatness has a price and you need to pay it no matter how expensive it is.”
--Miyamoto Musashi

Eternal Vigilance

“But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.”
--Andrew Jackson

Dangerous Decisions

“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”
--Thomas Sowell

Know Your Enemies

“Pay close attention to people who don’t clap when you win.”
--Leonardo DiCaprio

Pay for Work

“Better to pay more for superior work and be delighted, than less for inferior effort and be disappointed.”
--Jeffrey Fry

Pay More

“It is better to pay more for high-quality work than it is to pay less for bad work, and then more again for someone to fix it.”
--John Rampton

Pay For It

“People love your work until they have to pay for it.”
--Unknown

Pay No Attention

“Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.”
--Jean Sibelius

Slave of Bankers

“If you want to continue the slave of bankers and pay the cost of our own slavery, let them continue to create money and to control credit.”
--Josiah Stamp

Preventive Cure

“It is better to pay the doctor than the undertaker.”
--English Proverb

The Life You Lead

“People pay for what they do, and, still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply: by the lives they lead.”
--James Baldwin

Noble Service

“Service to others is the rent we pay for time on this earth.”
--Tony Curtis

Pay the Price

“All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.”
--Juvenal

Homage to the Maker

“In creating we mimic and pay homage to the Creator.”
--Jeffrey Fry

Government Theft

“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
--George Bernard Shaw