Subject: Government » Politics (Page 2)

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

My grandmother’s brain was dead, but her heart was still beating; it was the first time we ever had a Democrat in the family.

(1956 – ) American comedian

It’s like carrying frogs in a wheelbarrow.

(1946 – ) British politician

All politics is local.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything; that points clearly to a political career.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

(1903 – 1992) country music singer, fiddler & promoter

Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and be dumb enough to think it’s important.

(1916 – 2005) American politician & poet

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

Latins for Republicans… it’s like roaches for Raid.

(1964 – ) Colombian-American actor, producer, playwright & screenwriter

Men enter politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.

(1909 – 1993) British naval historian & author

Having committed political suicide, the Conservative Party is now living to regret it.

(1944 – ) British politician, chancellor of Oxford & governor of Hong Kong

Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience is pretty much confined to having had breakfast once at the International House of Pancakes.

(1938 – ) political commentator, author, columnist, politician & broadcaster

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

(1876 – 1967) German statesman

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

(1775 – 1817) English novelist

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

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

It’s a sad day when our politicians are comical and I have to take our comedians seriously!

Reality Has A Well-Known Liberal Bias

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

Never murder a man who is committing suicide.

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

(1932 – ) American political satirist & comedian

A man with both feet planted firmly in the air.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president