Political Quotes

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

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul. ~George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. ~Robert Frost (1874-1963)

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

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. ~Robert Frost (1874-1963)

A lot of senators are so worried about convention and how they look that they wouldn't let their hair down if they had any. ~Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Senator

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. ~Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. ~John Adams

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminate by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

All over Washington today, the politicians and the power brokers are happy. In fact, if you listen closely, you can hear the sound of champagne corks popping. ~Paul Jacob - Term Limits Executive Director

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. ~Simon Cameron

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. ~Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965)

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. ~Dwight Morrow

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all. ~Bernard Levin

Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders. ~Bob Inglis , 1995

Asking politicians to vote themselves out of power is like asking rabbits not to multiply, it ain't natural. ~Bob Beckel , on term limits, CBS This Morning, 3/30/95

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. ~George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~George Jean Nathan

Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would be doing if he were alive today? 1) Writing his memoirs of the Civil War. 2) Advising the President. 3) Desperately clawing at the inside of his coffin. ~David Letterman

Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with; something better than political opportunist slamming hate horse shit in the public park. ~Charles Bukowski

CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table and the knife and fork for the anarchist; the part of the repast that himself supplies is the disgrace before meat. ~Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - The Devil's Dictionary, 1911

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. ~Keynes

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. ~John Stuart Mill

Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant. ~John Simon

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. ~George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. ~Laurence J. Peter

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. ~Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)