Quote by Lily Tomlin
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, har

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. Its the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. – Lily Tomlin

Other quotes by Lily Tomlin

You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about whats current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all. – Lily Tomlin

Category:
funny
Read Quote

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. – Lily Tomlin

Category:
funny
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people. – Ralph Nader

Category:
Government

The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didnt construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didnt revolutionize the automobile industry that way. – Milton Friedman

Category:
Government

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. – Ayn Rand

Category:
Government

If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government. – Tommy Franks

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. – H. Allen Smith

Category:
Men

The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that. – Hillary Clinton

Category:
Government

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. – Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Category:
Effort

The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if its a true story. – Joel Coen

Category:
architecture