Subject: Government (Page 4)

The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.

The minute you read something that you can’t understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

There’s always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little – and it’s always somebody else.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer

I don't make jokes… I just watch the government and report the facts.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

There’s nobody bigger or better at the military than I am.

(1946 – ) American cretin & 45th U.S. president

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons!

All politics is local.

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

Goembel John E. – 1867–1946 – "The defense rests."

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

(1834 – 1902) English Catholic historian, politician, & writer

It’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes.

(1878 – 1953) Soviet politician, leader of the Soviet Union

A giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

(1799 – 1850) French novelist & playwright

When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

There's no special reason; it's just government policy.

It's interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing the dresses.

(1916 – 2000) American lawyer & activist

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail and if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

The more zeros found in the price tag for a government program, the less Congressional scrutiny it will receive.

The fact that he relies on facts … says things that are not factual… are going to undermine his campaign.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer