Subject: Government (Page 19)

No plan survives first contact intact.

Military Murphy’s Laws

All you need to be the Vice President is a blue suit and a pulse… and Dick Cheney has shown that you don’t even need the pulse.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host
Government

Diplomacy: Lying in state.

(1863 – 1935) British-born American writer, artist & illustrator
Characteristics Government

If our politicians were better at pretending to get along, there wouldn’t be any war.

Conflict Government Politicians War

Nixon impeached himself; he gave us Gerald Ford as his revenge.

(1920 – 1998) lawyer, congresswoman, & women's movement activist
Government People

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

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

Congress is back in season.

Congress Government Malaprops

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.


(1893 – 1971) American statesman & lawyer
Government Occupations Work

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.

daughter of President Ronald Reagan & Jane Wyman
Elections/Voting Government

There is no such place as a convenient foxhole.

Military

I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognize a good party man when I see one.

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

Mondale’s Offensive Looks Hard to Beat

Headlines Politicians

Why am I running for president? … Well, my wife… says it is because I sustained several severe blows to the head in prison camp.

(1936 – 2018) U.S. senator (Arizona) and presidential candidate
Elections/Voting Government

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author
Elections/Voting Government

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.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
Government

If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.

Military

All lawyers are cut from the same cloth: fleece.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
Crime Government Law Lawyers

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.

(1870-1943) German-American politician, socialist & writer
Definitions Government Politics

Tax Reform: Taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven’t been taxed before.

Definitions Government Taxes

I’m convinced there’s a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author
Government

People don’t start wars, governments do.

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