[OSList] Quotes about Politics...

[Harrison Owen]

Wonderful! And politics is still the only business in town. As the Greek will show you… “polis” (poli-tics) Town/city. May not be pretty, but it is what we are … for better and for worse. And I’ll take Homo sapiens over felix or canis…

 

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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 Congressmen. ~Will Rogers~

 

If you want a real friend that you can trust in Washington, get a dog. -  Harry Truman -

 

Peace to my fellow Peace Makers,

MC

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