Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else. Jesse Ventura
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson
There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders. Alan K. Simpson
If you want to give a sick man medicine, let him first be really ill -- so that he can see how well the medicine works. Nigerian Proverb
A man's fortune must first be changed from within. Chinese Proverb
Drive not a second nail till the first be clinched. German Proverb