Subject: Government » Politics

Politics is not a bad profession; if you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

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

I am neither left wing nor right wing; I am middle-of-the-bird.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

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

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

You can't get rich in politics unless you are a crook.


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

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that’s why we have two parties.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician

Politics makes estranged bedfellows.

(Aiskowitz) (1899 – 1982) humorist

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

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

What IS a ‘moderate Iranian,’ anyway?… someone who takes hostages but doesn't eat them?

(1932 – ) American political satirist & comedian

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

The cardinal rule of politics: never get caught in bed with a live man or a dead woman.

(1931– 2012) American actor, producer & director

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

(1775 – 1817) English novelist

Crime does not pay… as well as politics.

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

In the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden President Obama’s approval rating jumped to 56 percent, his highest in two years… which shows there is literally nothing he can do to please the other 44 percent.

(1973 – ) American comedian, actor & television host

A libertarian is just a Republican who takes drugs.

(1951 – ) American anarchist writer