Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-09-25 Sep 25, 2008Whatever it is the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government do it to somebody else.~ P. J. O'RourkePolitics is the art of looking for trouble,finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. ~ Ernest BennPolitics is the skilled use of blunt objects.~ Lester B. Pearson Sep 24, 2008Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.~ PericlesA bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures?~ Marcus Tullius CiceroYou have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.~ Aristophanes Sep 23, 2008Crime does not pay...as well as politics.~ Alfred E. NewmanPolitics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.~ Ambrose BierceMan is by nature a political animal.~ Aristotle Sep 22, 2008A true party-man hates and despises candour.~ Adam SmithIn the US, voters cast ballots for individual candidates who are not bound to any party program except rhetorically, and not always then. Some Republicans are more liberal than some Democrats, some libertarians are more radical than some socialists, and many local candidates run without any party identification. No American citizen can vote intelligently without knowledge of the ideas, political background, and commitments of each individual candidate.~ Ben H. BagdikianThe most important political office is that of private citizen.~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis Sep 19, 2008If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist.~ Joseph SobranWhenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.~ Mark TwainThe 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print