QuotaBillsPolitics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli
Voters want a fraud they can believe in. - Will Durst
Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre
Talk is cheap... except when Congress does it. - Unknown
From politics, it was an easy step to silence. - Jane Austen
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. - Ralph Nader
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison
The Golden Rule has no place in a political campaign. - John J Ingalls
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck
Self-government won't work without self-discipline. - Paul Harvey
Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. - George Jean Nathan
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. - Herbert Hoover
An honest politician is one who when he's bought stays bought. - Simon Cameron
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. - William E. Simon
To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government. - Mark Twain
A filmmaker we almost lost to politics... my friend and colleague, Warren Beatty. - Jack Nicholson
Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. - Harry S Truman
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. - Doug Larson
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. - Mark Twain
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. - Daniel P Moynihan
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown
Politics: Poli, a Latin word meaning "many"; and tics, meaning "bloodsucking creatures." - Robin Williams
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. - H L Mencken
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. - Clare Boothe Luce
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. - Charles de Gaulle
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. - Douglas Jerrold
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
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
Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient. - Fidel Castro
It was revealed in a government survey published today that the Prime Minister is doing the work of two men, Laurel and Hardy. - Ronnie Corbett
Judge: 1. A law student who marks his own examination papers; 2. A lawyer who once knew a politician; 3. A man in a trying position. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. - Aristotle
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
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