Unknown to most Canadians, as Pope John Paul II was dying, he sent a message to
the present Canadian Prime Minister (Paul Martin), and the past Prime Minister
(Jean Chretien), to come to his home in the Vatican.
When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the
room, the clergyman held out his hands and motioned for them to sit on each side
of the bed. The Pope grasped their hands, sighed contentedly, smiled and stared
at the ceiling. For a time, no one said anything. Both Martin and Chretien were
touched and flattered that the old Pope would ask them to be with him during his
final moment.
They were also puzzled though because the Pope had never given any indication
that he particularly liked either one of them. Finally, Chretien asked, “Odder,
what for did you hask de two of huss to come ’ere?”
The old Pope mustered up some strength, then said weakly, “Jesus died between two
thieves, and that’s how I want to go as well.”
All politics is local. - Thomas P O'Neil
All politics is applesauce. - Will Rogers
Politics is an inexact science. - Otto von Bismarck
Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley
Politics makes strange red-fellows. - Will Rogers
Politics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli
I am not a politician, but a soldier. - Idi Amin
Under every stone lurks a politician. - Aristophanes
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama
From politics, it was an easy step to silence. - Jane Austen
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. - Gordon B. Hinckley
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. - Albert Einstein
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. - Janine di Giovanni
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot
World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. - Ted Koppei
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr
The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I'd be honest. - Rodney Dangerfield
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron
I have great respect for the Pope. I like the Pope. I actually like him. - Donald Trump
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers
Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness. - Archie Bunker
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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 short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. - Will Rogers
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. - Theodore White
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. - George Carlin
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. - Doug Larson
There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other is to read Pope. - Oscar Wilde
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. - Jules Michelet
So, if we lie to the government, it's a felony.
But if they lie to us, it's politics. - Bill Murray
Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches awaiting Easter. - Fran Lebowitz
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. - Molly Ivins
Get thee glass eyes;
And, like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not. - William Shakespeare
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown
Politics, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. - Richard Armour
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev
I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I would gladly eat a network executive or a politician. - Marty Feldman
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.)
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. - Cal Thomas
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Groucho Marx
In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner
The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough? - Joe Wurzelbacher
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
NEED now means wanting someone else's money. GREED means wanting to keep your own. COMPASSION is when a politician arranges the transfer. - Joseph Sobran
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
Our ancestors believed in magic, prayers, trickery, browbeating and bullying. I think it would be fair to sum that up as 'Irish politics'. - Flann O'Brien
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
All politics is applesauce. - Will Rogers
Politics is an inexact science. - Otto von Bismarck
Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley
Politics makes strange red-fellows. - Will Rogers
Politics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli
I am not a politician, but a soldier. - Idi Amin
Under every stone lurks a politician. - Aristophanes
The gun is not out of Irish politics. - Ian Paisley
Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama
From politics, it was an easy step to silence. - Jane Austen
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. - Gordon B. Hinckley
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. - Albert Einstein
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. - Janine di Giovanni
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot
World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. - Ted Koppei
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr
The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I'd be honest. - Rodney Dangerfield
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron
I have great respect for the Pope. I like the Pope. I actually like him. - Donald Trump
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers
Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness. - Archie Bunker
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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 short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. - Will Rogers
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. - Theodore White
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. - George Carlin
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. - Doug Larson
There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other is to read Pope. - Oscar Wilde
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. - Jules Michelet
So, if we lie to the government, it's a felony.
But if they lie to us, it's politics. - Bill Murray
Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches awaiting Easter. - Fran Lebowitz
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. - Molly Ivins
Get thee glass eyes;
And, like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not. - William Shakespeare
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown
Politics, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. - Richard Armour
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev
I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I would gladly eat a network executive or a politician. - Marty Feldman
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.)
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. - Cal Thomas
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Groucho Marx
In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner
The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough? - Joe Wurzelbacher
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
NEED now means wanting someone else's money. GREED means wanting to keep your own. COMPASSION is when a politician arranges the transfer. - Joseph Sobran
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
Our ancestors believed in magic, prayers, trickery, browbeating and bullying. I think it would be fair to sum that up as 'Irish politics'. - Flann O'Brien
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
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