Carbon Issues

Diplomacy: Lying in state. - Oliver Herford

All politics is applesauce. - Will Rogers

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! - Unknown

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

Liberty consists in doing what one desires. - John Stuart Mill

Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre

Liberty is never being too sure you're right. - Learned Hand

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

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

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

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. - Albert Einstein

Commitments the voters don’t know about can't hurt you. - Ogden Nash

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr

No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction. - American Proverb

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

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

I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death. - Patrick Henry

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill

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

What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary? - Marion Barry

A tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is a tax reform. - Russell B Long

Politics, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. - Richard Armour

I would have brung you flowers too, but I read in a magazine that they suck up all the carbon monoxygen. - Archie Bunker

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

The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think. - Malcolm de Chazal

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles (430 B.C.)

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. - Lysander Spooner

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

A democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. - Gore Vidal

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

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. - Plato

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

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. - Louis D. Branders

The workers' and peasants' government proposes to all warring peoples... negotiations leading to a just, democratic peace. - Lenin

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

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

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

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. - Winston Churchill

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' - Ralph Nader