Political Quotes - Page 32

• No wonder politicians love government schools. Where do you think the dumb masses come from that can be so easily led and manipulated?

  Neal Boortz

  School, Thinking, Government

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• The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is that it selects for the skills needed to get elected, and nothing else. A test that you can only pass by cheating can't possibly select honest people.

  James P. Hogan

  Cheating, Opposites, Skills

  James P. Hogan (1983). “Code of the Lifemaker”, Del Rey

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• Political pornography is not unlike the sexual kind: difficult to define, but you know it when you see it

  Pat Sajak

  Kind, Difficult, Pornography

  "Sleaze as Political Biography: The Truth About Hillary by Edward Klein". www.tribuneindia.com. September 04, 2005.

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• You can't get something for nothing. Everybody remembers this except politicians.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Remember, Politician

  P. J. O'Rourke (2011). “Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics”, p.76, Pan Macmillan

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• Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Jobs, Real

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• Serving in Congress is like having a second shot at high school.

  Barney Frank

  School, Congress, Shots

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• This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.

  Jeff Flake

  Adults, Needs, Desperate

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• Someone once noted that a 'gaffe' in Washington is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Telling The Truth, Politician

  "Civilization Envy" by Jonah Goldberg, www.nationalreview.com. September 28, 2001.

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• [In politics] no good deed goes unpunished

  Clare Boothe Luce

  Deeds, Good Deeds

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• No one ever died from smoking marijuana, but millions of people have died by believing politicians.

  Harry Browne

  Believe, Marijuana, People

  "Liberty A to Z". p. 55. Book by Harry Browne, 2004.

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• Most politicians believe in just one thing - winning elections. They'll say anything to get in office and stay there.

  Harry Browne

  Believe, Winning, Office

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• We should be long past applauding politicians of any hue: they got us into this mess. The best deserve a probationary opportunity to prove themselves, the worst should be in jail.

  Gerald Warner

  Past, Opportunity, Jail

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• It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list is always to get reelected. Nothing else comes close. The economy, the stock market, the war on terrorism ... NOTHING comes ahead of getting reelected. Staying in power is job number one.

  Neal Boortz

  Jobs, War, Numbers

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• Is there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election?

  Neal Boortz

  Liberty, Causes, Election

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• Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our money, we are very unlikely to end up better off on net balance.

  Thomas Sowell

  Giving, Imperfection, Forever

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• Legislators aren't known for being rocket scientists.

  Walter E. Williams

  Rockets, Scientist, Legislators

  Walter E. Williams (2013). “Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism: Controversial Essays”, p.126, Hoover Press

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• It is fascinating to watch politicians come up with 'solutions' to problems that are a direct result of their previous solutions. In many cases, the most efficient thing to do would be to repeal their previous solution and stop being so gung-ho for creating new solutions in the future. But, politically, that is the last thing they will do.

  Thomas Sowell

  Creating, Watches, Would Be

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• Intelligence collection has been given an additional bureaucracy to correct the problems created by too much bureaucracy in intelligence collection.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Too Much, Problem, Given

  "What's That Smell?". www.weeklystandard.com. October 23, 2006.

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• To say Congress is spending like drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors.

  Ronald Reagan

  Politics, Sailor, Insult

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• The difference between congressmen and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors are spending their own money.

  Tom Feeney

  Differences, Sailor, Spending

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• Given the realities of the U.S. criminal justice system, the prosecution may be unable to salvage this case. But just because that system fails victims on the regular doesn't mean we have to, too. French commentators are already calling for DSK to jump back into the country's presidential race and ride a wave of sympathy into office. Really, the stakes are greater than even that political prize. If we accept the narrative that only perfect women are raped, we risk sacrificing justice not only for this woman, but for victims of sexual assault everywhere. After all, nobody's perfect.

  Jaclyn Friedman

  Country, Mean, Sacrifice

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• Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.

  Thomas Sowell

  Dwarves, Creating, Justice

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• Try walking the halls of Congress. It's Abercrombie & Fitch meets the Hair Club for Men. Lots of really photogenic young people kissing up to lots of insufferable blowhards. Separated by one or two generations, most of these players have only one real thing in common: They have never been weaned from the public teat. The closest they've ever come to meeting a payroll is when they come together to spend everyone else's payroll taxes.

  Michelle Malkin

  Real, Kissing, Player

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• Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.

  Thomas Sowell

  Doe, Cynicism

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• ... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich directly benefit, since greedy politicians are unable to seize as much of their money. And the rest of us benefit, since this puts downward pressure on tax rates as governments try to keep the geese that lay the golden eggs from flying away.

  Daniel J. Mitchell

  Government, Eggs, Flying

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