Cornrow Politics

Diplomacy: Lying in state. - Oliver Herford

Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley

Man is by nature a political animal. - Aristotle

Politics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli

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

In Congress, it's all pork, all the time. - Jim Cooper

Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre

All government, of course, is against liberty. - H L Mencken

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. - Ralph Nader

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. - R Buckminster Fuller

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. - George Jean Nathan

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. - Herbert Hoover

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

I don't go around signin' no political documentaries. - Archie Bunker

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman

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

World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will

There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress. - Mark Twain

The most important political office is that of the private citizen. - Louis D. Brandeis

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. - Simon Cameron

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. - Tex Guinan

Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty

Every woman dreams of her own political career and her own place in life. - Raisa M. Gorbachev

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. - Bernard Baruch

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. - P.J. O'Rourke

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one. - Herbert C Hoover

Personally, I'm against political jokes. Too often they get elected to office. - Henny Youngman

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. - Earl Wilson

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

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself. - Jack Nicholson

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill

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

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. - Eleanor Clift

Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev

A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip. - Caskie Stinnett

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. - Will Rogers

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

The irony of the matter is that the future generations do not have a vote. In effect, we hold their proxy. - Charles J Hitch

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. - George Pataki

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

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith

It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump

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

I was a Democrat for a period of time early on. And then I was also an independent. And then I became a Republican. - Donald Trump

Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan

I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me. Nothing. Zero. - George Carlin

Very few of these panic-mongers have any personal knowledge of the countries that are already under blackshirt government. - Lord Rothermere

It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads. - Andy Borowitz

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. - Groucho Marx

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. - H L Mencken

Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient. - Fidel Castro

In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton

The workers' and peasants' government proposes to all warring peoples... negotiations leading to a just, democratic peace. - Lenin

I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy. - Barack Obama

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' - Ralph Nader