Subject: Government (Page 9)

Turkeys, Manure Pass Through the Senate

Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.

(1959 – ) U.S. Representative (South Carolina)

The Senate seems like the place where smart people go to die.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

A liberal’s generosity is only limited by your income.

People say satire is dead; it's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

1. If the facts are against you, argue the law. 2. If the law is against you, argue the facts. 3. If the facts and the law are against you, yell like hell.

The wind doesn't bother me. I'm in the U.S. Senate.

(1923 – ) U.S. senator (Kansas) & presidential candidate

Never trust a private with a loaded weapon, or an officer with a map and compass.

When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

As one gets older, litigation replaces sex.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

In this country you’re guilty until proven wealthy.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession… and I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

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

Congress is back in season.

Easiest job you could ever have… whoever gets to put Michael Jackson in a witness chair and create "reasonable doubt."

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

Here [in Paris] they hang a man first, and try him afterward.

(1622 – 1673) French playwright & actor

Why is it that if you take advantage of a tax break and you’re a corporation, you’re a smart businessman, but if you take advantage of something you need to not be hungry, you’re a moocher?

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Never murder a man who is committing suicide.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear, what stings is justice.

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

Automatic weapons – aren’t.

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth — their lips move.

(1946 – ) English actress

Government Tears Up Red Tape