If God wanted us to vote, he
would have given us candidates. ~ Jay Leno
The problem with political jokes
is they get elected. ~ Henry Cate, VII
We hang the petty thieves and
appoint the great ones to public office. ~ Aesop
If we got one-tenth of what was
promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any
inducement to go to heaven. ~ Will Rogers
One of the penalties of not
participating in politics is that you will be governed by your inferiors. ~
Plato
Politicians are the same all
over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~ Nikita
Khrushchev
When I was a boy I was told that
anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~ Clarence Darrow
Why pay money to have your family
tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~ Author
unknown
Politicians are people who, when
they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~
John Quinton
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
The Democrats are the party that
try to make you believe more government involvement will make you smarter,
taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the
party that say government doesn't work and then, they get elected and prove it.
~ P.J. O'Rourke
I offer my opponents a bargain:
if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about
them. ~ Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952
A politician is a fellow who will
lay down your life for his country. ~ Tex Guinan
Any American who is prepared to
run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from
ever doing so. ~ Gore Vidal
I have come to the conclusion
that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ~ Charles
de Gaulle
Instead of giving a politician
the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~ Doug Larson
Don't vote; it only encourages
them. ~ Author unknown
There ought to be one day -- just
one -- when there is open season on senators. ~ Will Rogers
