![]() Politics is the art of the possible. - Otto von Bismarck I am not a politician, but a soldier. - Idi Amin The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan Talk is cheap... except when Congress does it. - Unknown Parts of Texas look like Kansas with a goiter. - Unknown I never vote for anyone; I always vote against. - WC Fields A government of law is a government of lawyers. - Saying I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. - Will Rogers Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown I'm not a politician. I've only got one face. - Brendan Behan Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. - John Kenneth Galbraith Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq. - Fran Lebowitz You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. - Mao Zedong Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. - Lady Bird Johnson I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans. - George Carlin Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. - Bernard Baruch Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.' - George W. Bush In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination. - Irving Layton Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip. - Caskie Stinnett When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. - Maggie Gallagher The largest party in America is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters. - Robert Reich One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall Politics is the only business where doing nothing other than making the other guy look bad is an acceptable outcome. - Mark Warner Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. - Benjamin Franklin It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey 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. - Lyndon B. Johnson When it comes to politics, I sit down on a sofa and grab some popcorn - or sometimes I crouch down in order not to get shot. - Sergey Galitsky It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. - George MacDonald In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. - Carl Sandburg Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian. - Henry Ford see also Government & Sign Sections |
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