quote: politics

  • A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. – Texas Guinan

  • When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer “Present” or “Not guilty”. – Theodore Roosevelt

  • We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop

  • Every one says that politicians lie all the time, and that just isn’t so! But you do have to understand body language to know when they’re lying and when they aren’t. When a politician rubs his nose, he isn’t lying. When a politician tugs on his ear, he isn’t lying. When a politician scratches his…

  • To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles. – Unknown

  • Stop repeat offenders. Don’t re-elect them. – Unknown

  • The last time we mixed politics with religion people got burned at the stake. – Unknown

  • In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. – Margaret Thatcher

  • Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don’t understand, such as working for a living. – P. J. O’Rourke

  • The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they’ve been appointed and thinking they’ve been anointed. – Claude Pepper

  • The word “politics” is derived from the word “poly”, meaning “many”, and the word “ticks”, meaning “blood sucking parasites”. – Larry Hardiman

  • Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. – Ronald Reagan