Carbon Issues

Man is by nature a political animal. - Aristotle

Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs. - Isaiah Berlin

I'm very strongly against tax increases. - Donald Trump

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

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. - Mark Twain

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. - Zhou Enlai

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck

I greet you in the name of peace, democracy, and freedom. - Nelson Mandela

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. - Herbert Hoover

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

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. - Sir Peter Ustinov

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate. - Kin Hubbard

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

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers

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

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. - Theodore White

Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson

Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making. - Fred Allen

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown

Animals are like little children a bit. They're simple. They don't have politics driving them. - Annabelle Sabloff

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. - H L Mencken

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. - Will Rogers

Where there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. - Plato

There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy. - Fidel Castro

Politics is the only business where doing nothing other than making the other guy look bad is an acceptable outcome. - Mark Warner

Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller

Canada's political parties spend a few years in opposition and then govern as if it's permanent payback time. - Bob Rae

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning, but without understanding. - Louis D Brandeis

Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends. - Divyanka Tripathi

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

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

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. - John Quincy Adams

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

Papers say: 'Congress is deadlocked and can't act.' I think that is the greatest blessing that could befall this country. - Will Rogers

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

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy. - Barack Obama

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep. - Will Rogers

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

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