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Man is by nature a political animal. - Aristotle

In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte

A penny saved is a Congressional oversight. - Hal Luyah

Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan

Liberty is never being too sure you're right. - Learned Hand

Those who trade liberty for security have neither. - John Adams

There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand. - Annie Besant

In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. - Willie Brown

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing. - Unknown

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. - Groucho Marx

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. - Charles de Gaulle

For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells

Politics is a profession where the paths of glory lead but to the gravy. - Billy Boy Franklin

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell

Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it. - Laurence J Peter

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain

Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. - Will Rogers

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. - Thomas Jefferson

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. - James Bovard

The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. - Will Rogers

In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination. - Irving Layton

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing. - H L Mencken

I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. - John Adams

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. - Maggie Gallagher

Politics: Poli, a Latin word meaning "many"; and tics, meaning "bloodsucking creatures." - Robin Williams

The largest party in America is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters. - Robert Reich

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles (430 B.C.)

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. - Lysander Spooner

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

When it comes to politics, I sit down on a sofa and grab some popcorn - or sometimes I crouch down in order not to get shot. - Sergey Galitsky

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan

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. - Oscar Ameringer

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep. - Will Rogers

Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. - Eugene McCarthy

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. - Isaac Asimov