The Art Of Politics
Groucho Marx at his best
QuotaBillsA week is a long time in politics. - Harold Wilson
Voters want a fraud they can believe in. - Will Durst
I am a Marxist - of the Groucho tendency. - Unknown
In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams
Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan
Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
Politics is the art of controlling your environment. - Hunter S. Thompson
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. - John Kenneth Galbraith
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way. - Isaac Goldberg
World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will
An honest politician is one who when he's bought stays bought. - Simon Cameron
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. - William E. Simon
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. - Bernard Baruch
I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible. - Dan Quayle
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. - Jacob Bronowski
Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. - John F Kennedy
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. - Robert Frost
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. - Will Rogers
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
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
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. - Clare Boothe Luce
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. - Napoleon Bonaparte
It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads. - Andy Borowitz
One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. - Lyndon B. Johnson
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
Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient. - Fidel Castro
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. - John Quincy Adams
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. - Bill Vaughan
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress. - John Adams
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire
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
Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian. - Henry Ford