Busted Politician

Politics is an inexact science. - Otto von Bismarck

There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli

Politics makes strange postmasters. - Kin Hubbard

Under every stone lurks a politician. - Aristophanes

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

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

Politics is just show business for ugly people. - Jay Leno

A government of law is a government of lawyers. - Saying

I'm not a politician. I've only got one face. - Brendan Behan

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. - Robert Frost

An honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere. - Mark Twain

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot

It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. - Charles de Gaulle

The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I'd be honest. - Rodney Dangerfield

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. - Edward Abbey

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

A politician is a man who approaches every problem with an open mouth. - Adlai Stevenson

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

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

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain

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

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown

Politics, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. - Richard Armour

Folks who don't know why America is the Land of Promise should be here during an election campaign. - Milton Berle

I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans. - Kin Hubbard

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

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato

Politics is the only business where doing nothing other than making the other guy look bad is an acceptable outcome. - Mark Warner

Canada's political parties spend a few years in opposition and then govern as if it's permanent payback time. - Bob Rae

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

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

It was revealed in a government survey published today that the Prime Minister is doing the work of two men, Laurel and Hardy. - Ronnie Corbett

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

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. - George Eliot

In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise. - Malcolm Muggeridge

The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it. - Edward I Kock

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