Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-09-27 Sep 26, 2008The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that’s happened in American political life.~ John SilberAssuming that either the left wing or the right wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.~ Pat PaulsenYou won't find average Americans on the left or on the right. You'll find them at Kmart.~ Zell Miller 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print