Canadians Watching U.S. Politics

Freedom lies in being bold. - Robert Frost

Man is by nature a political animal. - Aristotle

Politics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Don't vote; it only encourages them. - Unknown

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

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

I never vote for anyone; I always vote against. - WC Fields

Politics is just show business for ugly people. - Jay Leno

Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson

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

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free. - Dwight D Eisenhower

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom. - Robert Frost

There is no such thing as part freedom: it is all or nothing. - Nelson Mandela

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. - Charles de Gaulle

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. - Edward Abbey

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing. - Ayn Rand

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

A politician is a man who approaches every problem with an open mouth. - Adlai Stevenson

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

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. - Bernard Baruch

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth. - Henrik Ibsen

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

This is your victory! It is the victory of the cause of freedom in every land. - Winston Churchill

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

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. - Hans Christian Andersen

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

Personally, I'm against political jokes. Too often they get elected to office. - Henny Youngman

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. - Aldous Huxley

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem. - J Krishnamurti

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. - Thomas Jefferson

I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government. - Woody Allen

I am on your Walk of Fame in Toronto. My sense of humour is Canadian. But I can't vote. - Donald Sutherland

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

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

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. - Will Rogers

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. - Nikita Khruschev

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson

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

Loving someone is a loss of freedom - but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else. - Erica Jong

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. - John P Barlow

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. - Clare Boothe Luce

It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I would gladly eat a network executive or a politician. - Marty Feldman

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

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. - Patrick Henry

In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians,
and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people. - Groucho Marx

Of course God knew what would happen if they used their freedom the wrong way: apparently, He thought it worth the risk. - C S Lewis

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

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce

Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient. - Fidel Castro

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

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

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

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

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

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. - Margaret Atwood

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. - Aristotle

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. - Carl Sandburg

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. - Robert F. Kennedy

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

Political correctness is about denial, usually in the weasel circumlocutory jargon which distorts and evades and seldom stands up to honest analysis. - George M Fraser

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. - Isaac Asimov