Political Quotes

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If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. ~ Jay Leno

The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~ Henry Cate, VII

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop


If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. ~ Will Rogers

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~ Nikita Khrushchev

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~ Clarence Darrow

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~ Author unknown

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~ John Quinton

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~ Oscar Ameringer

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. ~ Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ~ Tex Guinan

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ~ Charles de Gaulle

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~ Doug Larson

There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on senators. ~ Will Rogers

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"Any American who is prepared to run for President should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from every doing so." Gore Vidal. "I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." Will Rogers. "Americans have different ways of saying things. They say "elevator", we say "lift" ... they say "President", we say "stupid psychopathic *." Alexai Sayle. "In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes." Adlai Stevenson. "The President has kept all the promises he intended to keep." Clinton aide George Stephanopolous. "The Internet is a gateway to get on the net." Bob Dole. "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." Dan Quayle. "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." David Dinkins, New York City Mayor. "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC. "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers We are the president." Hillary Clinton. "You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." Al Capone. "That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a *, and I'm just the one to do it." A Congressional Candidate in Texas. "A fool and his money are soon elected." Will Rogers. "You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks." Robin Williams. "Richard Nixon is a no good, lying *. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in." Harry S. Truman. "A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing but together can decide that nothing can be done." Fred Allen. "Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?" Tom Lehrer. "Heaven is an American salary, a Chinese cook, an English house, and a Japanese wife. Hell is defined as having a Chinese salary, an English cook, a Japanese house, and an American wife." James H. Kabbler III. "It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago." Dan Quayle. "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire PR officers." Daniel J. Boorstin.

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Sometimes there is wisdom and insight to be found in sound bites . . . . "WE are the President" indeed!