“Politics is the art of the possible.”

Or is it the art of making the grunts feel like they are possible... or perhaps it is the art of compromise... or perhaps just the art of making you feel like a winner when you are being taken advantage of... so many possibilities.. ;-)

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." (George Washington) Politics, the driving facade of government more oftern than not kills the possible.

Politics is the art of stealing from the people to make things possible.

Just 'cause it's possible, doesn't mean it should be done. ;-) Politics usually is about doing for the people what they should be doing for themselves -- somehow the government can do anything, but the 'people' can't...

Politics is the art of bribery and extortion, usually with both being perpetrated simultaneously on the same victim.