Subject: Government » Politics (Page 4)

To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.

What does an actor know about politics?

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor

There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

American comedian & actor

Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious – I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

The more you read and observe about the Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

The worst part about politics is that you're always right and no one ever knows it

[Politics] consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

(1908 – 2006) Canadian-American economist

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

(1838 – 1918) journalist, historian, academic & novelist

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

(1897 – 1972) Canadian prime minister

Tea Bags are for D-Bags

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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.

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

I've arranged with my executor to be buried in Chicago, because when I die, I want to still remain active politically.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

Political speeches are like steer horns: a point here, a point there, and a lot of bull in between.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

If you want to succeed in politics, you must keep your conscience well under control.

(1863 – 1945) British politician & statesman

A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their money.

(1934 – 2014) African-American writer