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Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley

Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama

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

Political correctness is tyranny with manners. - Charlton Heston

A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. - Henry Fielding

The scandal of Christendom and a disgrace to you. - Catherine of Aragon

Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown

Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw

Hopefully there's one good scandal left in me yet. - Diana Rigg

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

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken

We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain

An honest politician is one who when he's bought stays bought. - Simon Cameron

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr

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

Ultimatum: In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

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

Diplomacy is the art of saying, "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers

My sheer existence is like a political act to a lot of people. It's not to me. - Grimes

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

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. - Aldous Huxley

Either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on Rome. - Benito Mussolini

Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

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

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

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

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I would gladly eat a network executive or a politician. - Marty Feldman

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? - Gilbert Highet

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

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life. - John Stuart Mill

Judge: 1. A law student who marks his own examination papers; 2. A lawyer who once knew a politician; 3. A man in a trying position. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. - Joe Biden

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner

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

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