Political Thoughts For The Day…
~ Aesop, Greek slave & fable author
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
~ Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
~ Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
~ Quoted in `Clarence Darrow for the Defence` by Irving Stone
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnels.
~ John Quinton, American actor/writer
`The two parties have combined against us to nullify our power by a 'gentleman's agreement' of non-recognition, no matter how we vote ... May God write us down as asses if ever again we are found putting our trust in either the Republican or the Democratic Parties.`
~ W.E.B. DuBois
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 Mark Twain of American Socialism`
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn.
~ P.J. O'Rourke, American comedian
The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.
~ P.J. O'Rourke, American comedian
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they 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.
~ Texas Guinan, 19th century American businessman
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
~ Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
~ Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris)
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
~ Variously attributed to Will Rogers and George Bernard Shaw
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