From Winston Churchill 1874–1965) British politician and statesman, best known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. Prime Minister of the UK from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953:
We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
