Coming In, Going Out

Politics makes strange postmasters. - Kin Hubbard

In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams

Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. - David Mamet

Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan

From politics, it was an easy step to silence. - Jane Austen

As our President said in his renegurial address. - Archie Bunker

Reality: The leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. - Lily Tomlin

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. - Edith Sitwell

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week. - Will Rogers

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

Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty

To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government. - Mark Twain

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. - P.J. O'Rourke

Diplomacy is the art of saying, "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. - Will Rogers

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

In America the President reigns for four years and journalism governs forever and ever. - Oscar Wilde

Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain

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

I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin

In times of great stress or adversity, plow your anger and your energy into something positive. - Lee Iacocca

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. - Clarence Darrow

Politics, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. - Richard Armour

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

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles (430 B.C.)

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. - Milton Friedman

I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me. Nothing. Zero. - George Carlin

Politics is the only business where doing nothing other than making the other guy look bad is an acceptable outcome. - Mark Warner

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. - Charles de Gaulle

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."” - Mark Twain

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

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. - Napoleon Bonaparte

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

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan

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

Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. - Amy Alcott

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

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