There once was a congressman named Weiner,
American politician Anthony Weiner, former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York City, has been involved in three sexual scandals related to sexting, or sending explicit sexual material by cell phone. The first, dubbed Weinergate, led to his resignation as a congressman in 2011. The second, during his attempt to return to politics as candidate for mayor of New York City, involved three women Weiner admitted having sexted after further explicit pictures were published in July 2013. The third, in 2015 but publicized in 2016, resulted in an announced intended separation between him and his wife, Huma Abedin.
There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre From politics, it was an easy step to silence. - Jane Austen All government, of course, is against liberty. - H L Mencken Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams 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 There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand. - Annie Besant A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing. - Unknown We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. - Martin L. Gross War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together. - Gerald R. Ford Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way. - Isaac Goldberg There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress. - Mark Twain To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it. - Greek Proverb Politics is a profession where the paths of glory lead but to the gravy. - Billy Boy Franklin There was a young man from Peru Whose limericks stopped at line two. - Unknown 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 My sheer existence is like a political act to a lot of people. It's not to me. - Grimes Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it. - Laurence J Peter I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary? - Marion Barry Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it. - Tom Robbins 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 A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. - Will Rogers 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 Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. - Milton Friedman 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 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 Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. - Ronald Reagan We're at a point in history where everyone needs to pay attention to politics. Too much is at stake for us to be apathetic. - Kevin Costner 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 see also Government, Political & Relationship Sections Singing Gynecologist |
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