Inauguration Day 2017

How can a President not be an actor? - Ronald Reagan

Vice-President: A cow's fifth teat. - Harry S Truman

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

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw

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

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. - George Stephanopolous

World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal. - Richard M Nixon

Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas. - Lewis Black

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

Every man who wants to be President is either an egomaniac or crazy. - Dwight D Eisenhower

There is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. - Gary Hart

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers

In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take. - Adlai Stevenson

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

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. - Harry S Truman

I may not have been the greatest president, but I've had the most fun eight years. - Bill Clinton

Hard men present hard choices - none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia. - Hillary Clinton

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

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain

President Ford tells us all to bite the bullet and Betsy Ford goes on TV and shoots off her mouth. - Archie Bunker

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

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. - P.J. O'Rourke

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. - Daniel P Moynihan

Folks who don't know why America is the Land of Promise should be here during an election campaign. - Milton Berle

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

We don't have inflation because we are living too well. We have it because government is living too well. - Ronald Reagan

The seeds of learning can grow almost anywhere. Trump University and my other education-related ventures like... - Donald Trump

Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan

If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. - Kin Hubbard

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. - Gore Vidal

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

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

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

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

Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian. - Henry Ford

I have respect for Senator McCain. I used to like him a lot. I supported him. I raised a lot of money for his campaign against President Obama. - Donald Trump