While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old farmer, whose hand was caught in the squeeze gate while working cattle, the Doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to politicians and their role as our leaders.
The old rancher said, “Well, you know, most politicians are ‘Post Turtles.’ ”
Not being familiar with the term, the Doctor asked him, what a ‘post turtle’ was.
The old rancher said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle.”
The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the Doctor’s face so he continued to explain.
“You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there, he’s elevated beyond his ability to function, and you just wonder what kind of dumb arse put him up there to begin with.”
Best explanation I’ve heard yet.
Politics is an inexact science. - Otto von Bismarck
Politics makes strange postmasters. - Kin Hubbard
In politics nothing is contemptible. - Benjamin Disraeli
Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman
Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan
Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. - Herbert Hoover
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. - Willie Brown
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston
The best leaders not only develop us, they advocate our future. - Michael Dooley
It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack
Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time. - Malcolm Forbes
A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. - William Randolph
The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners. - Tom Peters
The value of a leader is directly proportional to that leader's values. - Unknown
Leaders don't set out to climb the ladder. They rise by lifting others up. - Jo Miller
A filmmaker we almost lost to politics... my friend and colleague, Warren Beatty. - Jack Nicholson
Good leaders do not take on all the work themselves; neither do they take all the credit. - Unknown
If you delegate tasks, you create followers. If you delegate authority, you create leaders. - Craig Groeschel
Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. - Jules Michelet
It's our experience that political leaders don't always mean the opposite of what they say. - Abba Eban
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sail. - John C Maxwell
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. - Claude McKay
It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump
The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. - Lysander Spooner
Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. - Charles de Gaulle
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view. - Margaret Atwood
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. - Max DePree
It was revealed in a government survey published today that the Prime Minister is doing the work of two men, Laurel and Hardy. - Ronnie Corbett
We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards? - Jay Leno
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life. - John Stuart Mill
Doing well with blogging is not about writing one key post, it is about performing day after day and helping a few people at a time. - Aaron Wall
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. - Ronald Reagan
In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Politics makes strange postmasters. - Kin Hubbard
In politics nothing is contemptible. - Benjamin Disraeli
Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman
Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan
Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. - Herbert Hoover
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. - Willie Brown
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston
The best leaders not only develop us, they advocate our future. - Michael Dooley
It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack
Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time. - Malcolm Forbes
A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. - William Randolph
The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners. - Tom Peters
The value of a leader is directly proportional to that leader's values. - Unknown
Leaders don't set out to climb the ladder. They rise by lifting others up. - Jo Miller
A filmmaker we almost lost to politics... my friend and colleague, Warren Beatty. - Jack Nicholson
Good leaders do not take on all the work themselves; neither do they take all the credit. - Unknown
If you delegate tasks, you create followers. If you delegate authority, you create leaders. - Craig Groeschel
Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. - Jules Michelet
It's our experience that political leaders don't always mean the opposite of what they say. - Abba Eban
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sail. - John C Maxwell
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. - Claude McKay
It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump
The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. - Lysander Spooner
Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. - Charles de Gaulle
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view. - Margaret Atwood
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. - Max DePree
It was revealed in a government survey published today that the Prime Minister is doing the work of two men, Laurel and Hardy. - Ronnie Corbett
We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards? - Jay Leno
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life. - John Stuart Mill
Doing well with blogging is not about writing one key post, it is about performing day after day and helping a few people at a time. - Aaron Wall
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. - Ronald Reagan
In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise. - Malcolm Muggeridge
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