Ancient Politician

Man is by nature a political animal. - Aristotle

I am not a politician, but a soldier. - Idi Amin

The ancient Egyptian kings, the fairy-ohs. - Archie Bunker

Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. - R Buckminster Fuller

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. - Groucho Marx

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

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Ultimatum: In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. - Henry Kissinger

Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness. - Archie Bunker

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. - Mikhail Bakunin

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell

I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible. - Dan Quayle

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism. - Bill Moyers

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. - Doug Larson

What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. - Jules Michelet

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

In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination. - Irving Layton

So, if we lie to the government, it's a felony.
But if they lie to us, it's politics. - Bill Murray

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown

I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. - George Pataki

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. - Theodor Adorno

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

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid. - Will Rogers

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? - Gilbert Highet

Very few of these panic-mongers have any personal knowledge of the countries that are already under blackshirt government. - Lord Rothermere

I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view. - Margaret Atwood

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

The workers' and peasants' government proposes to all warring peoples... negotiations leading to a just, democratic peace. - Lenin

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. - Joe Biden

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

NEED now means wanting someone else's money. GREED means wanting to keep your own. COMPASSION is when a politician arranges the transfer. - Joseph Sobran

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep. - Will Rogers

The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it. - Edward I Kock