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Politics is an inexact science. - Otto von Bismarck

Man is by nature a political animal. - Aristotle

You can always tell a Texan, but not much. - Unknown

In Congress, it's all pork, all the time. - Jim Cooper

All government, of course, is against liberty. - H L Mencken

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill

I'm not a politician. I've only got one face. - Brendan Behan

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken

A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves. - Bertrand de Jouvenel

I'm super laid back. I'm from Texas. I love my family. - Selena Gomez

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues. - George Will

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron

A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. - William Randolph

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. - Will Durant

You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans. - George Carlin

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. - Brian Mulroney

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers

News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute. - Jessica Savitch

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. - Jacob Bronowski

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. - Harry S Truman

If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking? - John Gunther

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. - George Bernard Shaw

People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. - Eleanor Clift

The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas. - Malcolm McDowell

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. - Maggie Gallagher

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government. - Donald Trump

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato

Canada's political parties spend a few years in opposition and then govern as if it's permanent payback time. - Bob Rae

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

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Groucho Marx

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

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life. - John Stuart Mill

I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? It's, like, incredible. - Donald Trump

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. - Oscar Ameringer

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy. - Barack Obama

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. - Paul Harvey