Busted Politician

All politics is local. - Thomas P O'Neil

A week is a long time in politics. - Harold Wilson

Man is by nature a political animal. - Aristotle

In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. - Londo Molari

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

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

A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare

Politics is the art of controlling your environment. - Hunter S. Thompson

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

The problem with political jokes is they get elected. - Henry Cate, VII

Dilemma: A politician trying to save both his faces at once - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

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

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way. - Isaac Goldberg

An honest politician is one who when he's bought stays bought. - Simon Cameron

The most important political office is that of the private citizen. - Louis D. Brandeis

For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells

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

Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else. - Henry Hazlitt

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

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins

I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five. - Steven Wright

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

Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

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

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

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. - Cal Thomas

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

If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. - Kin Hubbard

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

It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads. - Andy Borowitz

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

We're at a point in history where everyone needs to pay attention to politics. Too much is at stake for us to be apathetic. - Kevin Costner

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

I have respect for Senator McCain. I used to like him a lot. I supported him. I raised a lot of money for his campaign against President Obama. - Donald Trump

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' - Ralph Nader

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