Subject: Government » Politics (Page 6)

Politics makes estranged bedfellows.

(Aiskowitz) (1899 – 1982) humorist

I feel proud to be living in a country where people are not afraid to laugh at themselves and where political satire is tolerated by the government, if not the television network.

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

Political speeches are like steer horns: a point here, a point there, and a lot of bull in between.

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

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

What is good politics is bad economics; what is bad politics is good economics; what is good economics is bad politics; what is bad economics is good politics.

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

We all know this administration loves deleting history faster than Anthony Weiner when he hears footsteps.

(1985 – ) American comedian & 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

I think it will be a clash between the political will and the administrative won’t.

(1943 – ) English film director, comedy writer & actor

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

Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum; the plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their neighborhood.

(1963 – ) television host & comedian

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

There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets.

(1882 – 1947) American mayor of New York City

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

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