Clown Vision

There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli

Politics makes strange postmasters. - Kin Hubbard

Under every stone lurks a politician. - Aristophanes

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

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

Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown

A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast. - Groucho Marx

There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand. - Annie Besant

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell

In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. - Willie Brown

I don't go around signin' no political documentaries. - Archie Bunker

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston

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

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

To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it. - Greek Proverb

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

Ultimatum: In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? - George Carlin

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. - Henry Kissinger

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith

I look like a casual, laid-back guy, but it's like a circus in my head. - Steven Wright

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

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. - Jacob Bronowski

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram

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

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. - Earl Wilson

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

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

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

Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev

A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip. - Caskie Stinnett

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

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. - Claude McKay

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. - Lyndon B. Johnson

When it comes to politics, I sit down on a sofa and grab some popcorn - or sometimes I crouch down in order not to get shot. - Sergey Galitsky

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

I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. - Paul Harvey

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