Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~Doug Larson
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. ~Richard Armour
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. ~Martin L. Gross, A Call for Revolution, 1993
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. ~Albert Einstein
George Washington is the only president who didn't blame the previous administration for his troubles. ~Author Unknown
Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? ~Robert Orben
There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen. ~Author Unknown
The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. ~Adlai E. Stevenson
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. ~Alfred E. Wiggam
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ~William E. Gladstone, 1866
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. ~H.L. Mencken, 1956
Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason. ~Author Unknown
Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. ~W.C. Fields
I think it's about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we've been voting for boobs long enough. ~Clarie Sargent, Arizona senatorial candidate
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. ~Ernest Benn
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving. ~Robertson Davies
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ~Gore Vidal
I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government. ~Cissy Farenthold
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~Author Unknown
A conservative is one who admires radicals� centuries after they're dead. ~Leo Rosten
I think it`s about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we`ve been voting for boobs long enough. ~Clarie Sargent, Arizona senatorial candidate
Take our politicians: they`re a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of clinches the first prize.
~Saul Bellow
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule and both commonly succeed, and are right.
~H.L. Mencken,
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
~Albert Einstein
George Washington is the only president who didn't blame the previous administration for his troubles.
~Author Unknown
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
~Charles de Gaulle
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev
What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? ~Abraham Lincoln
We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate.
-Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
-Alexis de Tocqueville
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.
-Martin L. Gross, A Call for Revolution, 1993
Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
-W.C. Fields
Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.
-Author Unknown
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
-Richard Armour
During a campaign the air is full of speeches - and vice versa. -Anonymous
We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in. -Will Rogers
Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party. -Winston Churchill
Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom. -Plato
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. -Oscar Ameringer
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. -Adlai Stevenson
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. -Plato
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. -Charles de Gaulle
Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. -W.C. Fields
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. -Richard Armour
Good leaders are like baseball umpires; they go practically unnoticed when doing their jobs right. -Byrd Baggett
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. -Theodore White
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B. -Fats Domino
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. -Richard Armour
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. -John C. Maxwell
Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. -Dwight Morrow
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -Edward Abbey
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. -Plato
Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues. -George Will
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. -Gore Vidal
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. -Paul Valery
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. -Stewart L. Udall
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -Will Rogers
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. -Texas Guinan
Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party. -Winston Churchill
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome. -Benjamin Whichcote
I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you. -Ann Richards
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. -Benjamin Franklin
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. -Henry Adams
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. -Ernest Benn
Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. -Lily Tomlin
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. -Soren Kierkegaard
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -Galileo Galilei
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -Napoleon Bonaparte
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. -Aesop
Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom. -Plato, The Republic
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. -Oscar Ameringer
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. -Plato
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. -Richard Armour
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -Edward Abbey
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best. -Will Rogers
Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that. -William J. Clinton - Bill Clinton
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. -George Jean Nathan
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where they is no river. -Nikita Khrushchev
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. -Bernard M. Baruch
A politician will do anything to keep his job even become a patriot. -William Randolph Hearst
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. -Ernest Benn
The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. -Larry Hardiman
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. -Mao Tse-Tung
Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is always and ever making efforts to bring us together. -Sean O'Casey
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato
Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair. -George Burns
Honesty in politics is much like oxygen. The higher up you go, the scarcer it becomes.
A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life. -Robert Byrne
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. -Texas Guinan
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best. -Will Rogers
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. - George W. Bush
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity. -Irving Kristol
More and more of our imports come from overseas. - George W. Bush
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. -Margaret Thatcher
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. -Albert Einstein
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