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All politics is applesauce. - Will Rogers

There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli

In politics nothing is contemptible. - Benjamin Disraeli

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

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

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

I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. - Molly Ivins

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

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

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing. - Unknown

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think. - Milton Berle

It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack

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

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

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. - Lady Bird Johnson

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

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. - William E. Simon

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. - Brian Mulroney

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

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 love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. - Harry S Truman

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy

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

It's our experience that political leaders don't always mean the opposite of what they say. - Abba Eban

The largest party in America is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters. - Robert Reich

Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late. - Malcolm Muggeridge

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. - Douglas Jerrold

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

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

The most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip. - Johnny Isakson

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