The whole history of the world is summed up
in the fact that, when nations are strong,
they are not always just, and when they wish
to be just, they are no longer strong.
?Winston Churchill
England has never enjoyed a genuine social
revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that
dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.
?Edward Abbey
I have come to the conclusion that
politics are too serious a matter
to be left to the politicians.
?Charles DeGaulle
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
The more you read and observe about this
Politics thing, you got to admit that
each party is worse than the other. The
one that's out always looks the best.
?Will Rogers
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking
part in affairs which properly concern them.
?Paul Valery
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
?Alfred E Newman
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
The word "politics" is derived from the
word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word
'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
?Larry Hardiman
Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it whether it exists or not,
diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedy.
?Ernest Benn
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
?Lester B Pearson
Politics is perhaps the only profession for
which no preparation is thought necessary.
?Robert Louis Stevenson
Rumor travels faster, but it don't
stay put as long as truth.
?Will Rogers
Politics is the art of achieving the
maximum amount of freedom for
individuals that is consistent with the
maintenance of social order.
?Barry Goldwater
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
?Henry Adams
One of the penalties for refusing to
participate in politics is that you end up
being governed by your inferiors.
?Plato
Politics is the art of preventing people
from sticking their noses in things
that are properly their business.
?Paul Valery
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
?Napoleon I. Bonaparte
Bad officials are elected by good
citizens who do not vote.
?George Jean Nathan
