“If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds.”
“You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at pl”
| John Kendrick Bangs, Author (1862) |
| John Barth, Novelist (1930) |
| Danny Bautista, Athlete (1972) |
| Adam Carolla, Entertainer (1964) |
| Allan Carr, Director (1937) |
| Pat Cash, Athlete (1965) |
| Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Writer (1894) |
| Peter DeFazio, Politician (1947) |
| Harlan Ellison, Writer (1934) |
| Joseph Fiennes, Actor (1970) |
| John Calvin, Theologian (1564) |
| Victor Kiam, Businessman (2001) |