A Wonderful
Compilation of Essential Truths:
If God had 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
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
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
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
There ought to be one
day -- just one -- when there is open season on senators. ~ Will Rogers
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"Those who think people need a justification for being allowed to keep their money ought to be thinking instead about what justification they could give for being allowed to keep their own necks." -- R. A. Leeper
"If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it." -- Cullen Hightower
"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." — Winston Churchill
"If government services were valuable, thus the market wanted them, they wouldn't be provided on a compulsory basis." Andy Lamdin
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