• Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1961
• Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1954
• Cincinnati , OH (3rd) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1984
• Cleveland , OH (4th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1989
• Miami , FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor
• St. Louis , MO (6th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1949
• El Paso , TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor
• Milwaukee , WI (8th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1908
• Philadelphia , PA (9th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1952
• Newark , NJ (10th) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1907

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

‘The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.’

‘Of the four wars in my lifetime , none came about because the U.S. was too strong.’

‘I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.’

‘The taxpayer: That’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.’

‘Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.’

‘The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.’

‘It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.’

‘Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.’

‘Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.’

‘No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.’