Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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.
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats.
If you can't convince them, confuse them.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
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