Subject: Government (Page 33)

This is not the first time that Europe has been passive while a Jew-hating tyrant with a weird looking mustache killed the people by giving them gas… obviously I'm talking about Chef Boyardee.

(1970 – ) American comedian, writer & actress

Electile Dysfunction: The inability to become aroused over any of the choices for president put forth by either party.

Mondale’s Offensive Looks Hard to Beat

If voting changed anything they’d abolish it.

(1945 – ) British politician

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

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can, as a rule, calculate on the support of Paul.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The effectiveness of a politician varies in inverse proportion to his commitment to principle.

In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy a few people have their way; in a democracy no one has his way.

(1935 – ) British writer

A dollar saved is a quarter earned.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

A lawyer is someone who writes a 40-page document and calls it a brief!

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

The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry.

(1921 – 2003) American editorial cartoonist

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

The only difference between Bush and Hitler is that Hitler was elected.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

(1966 – ) American magazine editor

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

Democracy: A small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual difference.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

Jury: Twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never stay awake when you can sleep

There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”

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